Related: I read that lots of cultures seem to independently consider there to have originally been seven Pleiades though one can only count six with the unaided eye, and have myths about what happened to the seventh. (link) Two of the bright ones are too close to resolve, and the idea is that the story dates back to a time when they were farther apart.
Man, I have to wonder around what fire did a human storyteller first go “wtf am I saying, I know tradition and all, but that’s six stars, not seven” and decide to make up an excuse for it.
Related: I read that lots of cultures seem to independently consider there to have originally been seven Pleiades though one can only count six with the unaided eye, and have myths about what happened to the seventh. (link) Two of the bright ones are too close to resolve, and the idea is that the story dates back to a time when they were farther apart.
Man, I have to wonder around what fire did a human storyteller first go “wtf am I saying, I know tradition and all, but that’s six stars, not seven” and decide to make up an excuse for it.