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Mavi Boncuk |
In Turkish the Pleiades are known as Ülker[1]or Ürker. According to the Middle Turkic lexicographer Kaşgarlı Mahmud, writing in the 11th century, ülker çerig refers to a military ambush (çerig meaning 'troops in battle formation'): "The army is broken up into detachments posted in various places," and when one detachment falls back the others follow after it, and by this device "(the enemy) is often routed." Thus ülker çerig literally means 'an army made up of a group of detachments', which forms an apt simile for a star cluster.
The Pleiades is a cluster of seven stars that the Greeks called the Seven Sisters. They are also a part of Taurus the bull constellation, where they lie on the shoulder. of the bull.[image of God in the shape of a bull kidnapping virgins. Zeus and Europa]. It is said that when Europa died, Zeus transformed her into a star complex and he himself took again the shape of the white bull to merge in the complex. The Taurus Constellation is believed to be the form of Zeus.
Zeus saw Phoenician king of Tyre, Agenor's daughter Europa gathering flowers and immediately fell in love with her. Zeus transformed himself into a white bull and carried Europa away to the island of Crete. He then revealed his true identity and Europa became the first queen of Crete. Agenor, meanwhile, sent Europa's brothers, Cadmus and Cilix in search of her, telling them not to return without her. The search was unsuccessful. Cilix eventually settled down in Asia Minor. The land was called Cilicia after him.
In Japan, the Pleiades are known as 昴 Subaru which means "coming together" or cluster in Japanese, and have given their name to the car manufacturer whose logo incorporates six stars to represent the five companies that merged into one. In Chinese constellations they are 昴 mao, the Hairy Head of the white tiger of the West.
[1] Ülker or Arabic ثريا (Süreyya) M45, Yedi Kız Kardeş|Seven Sisters; Persian/Indian (Peren or Pervin); Two ancient Hebrew words, kesil and kimah, have been translated as Orion and Pleiades respectively.