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I 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".
by fireattack 6y ago
I 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.