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Not directly. Translation would be "to govern" or "gather together", but Subaru is one of the constellation's names in Japan, like it would also be called Pleia
by reducesuffering 6y ago
Not directly. Translation would be "to govern" or "gather together", but Subaru is one of the constellation's names in Japan, like it would also be called Pleiades in the West, deriving from "plein", meaning "to sail."[0]
[0]https://web.archive.org/web/20100411083646/http://www.subaru-global.com/origin_name.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100411083646/http://www.subaru...
- fireattack 6y agoI think his point is while Subaru does mean Pleiades in Japanese (actually came from Chinese), it (the name) has nothing to do with "seven sisters".
- dannyw 6y agoI don't follow. The logo literally has six stars, which is the subject of what we are discussing here.
- jeofken 6y agoThey’ve identified the same stars, but do the Han or Korean or Japanese have a story about 7 sisters?
- szatkus 6y agoDoesn't look like. According to Japanese Wikipedia they used to be also called 六連星 ("group of 6 stars", I think?).
- nulbyte 6y agoSubaru itself cited[1] Kojiki literature from the 8th century when talking about the origin of its name. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20100411083646/http://www.subaru-global.com/origin_name.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100411083646/http://www.subaru... Unfortunately, trying to find anything more online, such as what exactly the Kojiki says about them, doesn't seem to yield much.
- jhvkjhk 6y agoChinese have a story called 天仙配, where a fairy maiden married to a mortal. That girl is called seventh fairy, as she’s the last of 7 sisters. So it is very similar to the lost Pleiad, but the seventh fairy is taken back by her god father.
- jcims 6y ago>nothing to do with "seven sisters" I don’t see anyone claiming that Subaru means seven sisters. It’s just another name for the same constellation.