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==History and mythology==
==History and mythology==
[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Taurus.jpg|thumb|Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Taurus.jpg]]
[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Taurus.jpg|thumb|Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Taurus.jpg]]
The identification of the constellation of [[Taurus]] with a bull is very old, certainly dating to the Chalcolithic, and perhaps even to the Upper Paleolithic. Michael Rappenglück of the University of Munich believes that [[Taurus]] is represented in a cave painting at the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux (dated to roughly 15,000 BC), which he believes is accompanied by a depiction of the [[Pleiades]]. The name [[Seven Sisters]]has been used for the [[Pleiades]] in the languages of many cultures, including indigenous groups of Australia, North America and Siberia. This suggests that the name may have a common ancient origin.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29 Taurus]</ref>
The identification of the constellation of [[Taurus]] with a bull is very old, certainly dating to the Chalcolithic, and perhaps even to the Upper Paleolithic. Michael Rappenglück of the University of Munich believes that [[Taurus]] is represented in a cave painting at the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux (dated to roughly 15,000 BC), which he believes is accompanied by a depiction of the [[Pleiades]]. The name [[Seven Sisters]] has been used for the [[Pleiades]] in the languages of many cultures, including indigenous groups of Australia, North America and Siberia. This suggests that the name may have a common ancient origin.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_%28constellation%29 Taurus]</ref>


==Seven Sacred Suns==
==Seven Sacred Suns==