Pleiades

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cee-arlington

Arlington, VA

Does anyone know the Algonquin name for the constellation: Pleiades?

cee-arlington

Arlington, VA

Would it be something like: nishwaaswi ndawema (8 sisters)? They have a legend of eight dancing maidens.
Are could it be nishwaaswi onagocag or neither?

Carlos uk

Since: Feb 07

Darlington UK

ISP: Doncaster, UK

Judged:

Don't know if it includes the Algonquin......

But there's a North American Indian legend about the Pleiades where a group of maidens (not sure if there were 7 or 8 of them) were pursued by a bear.
According to the legend, they were placed out of harm's way (in the sky)

In Wyoming, the legend includes the mountain 'Devil's Tower'- the Indians in that area (Kiowa???) believe the marks on the side of Devil's Tower are the bear's claw marks as it tried to pursue them into the sky.

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