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The story of the seventh sister isn’t just about star visibility but also about the coherence of the story across disparate cultures that have been separated fo
by truculent 3y ago
The story of the seventh sister isn’t just about star visibility but also about the coherence of the story across disparate cultures that have been separated for millennia.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoYeah, I caught that too. The coherence breaks apart a bit with Orion being a singular hunter versus the three brothers in a canoe. Though it is interesting that they're all chasing the same set of sisters. I wonder how likely it is that the same type of story developed independently? The human tendency to anthropomorphize the constellations limits the ideas which can be imposed on them. Are there other traditions that call the 7 sisters something else which weren't included in the article?