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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== | ||