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Sunday, 20 September 2015

The Seven Sisters (Main Star myth)

The Pleiades also known as the seven sisters is near the earth between 434 and 466 light years away.

The names of the seven sisters are

Maia
Alcyone
Asterope
Celaeno
Taygete
Electra
Merope

Their parents were Atlas and Pleione.

The seven sisters were also known as the  water girls or the ice maidens as they loved water including the sea, river, rain, hail, snow, ice or frost. 






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