Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
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Pleiades
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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In the Greek mythology seven sisters, daughters of Atlas, transformed into stars, six of them visible and one invisible, and forming the group on the shoulders of Taurus in the zodiac; in the last week of May they rise and set with the sun till August, after which they follow the sun and are seen more or less at night till their conjunction with it again in May.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pleiades'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pleiades.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Pleiades'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/pleiades.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
