Pleiades Star Cluster

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Rdf:type	Astronomical Object^[2]
Rdf:type	Star Cluster^[7]
Rdfs:label	Pleiades star cluster^[3]
Rdfs:label	Pleiades^[4]
Has Cultural Role	Navigational Marker^[2]
Has Cultural Role	Seasonal Marker^[2]
Connection Universality	true^[1]
Cultural Significance	Shared Astronomical Tradition^[2]
Has Common Proto Polynesian Etymology	Proto Polynesian Root Mata Riki^[2]
Visible to	All Humanity^[6]
Is Remainder of	Seven Women^[3]

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Pleiades Star Cluster has 20 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 7 references, with 3 live disagreements.

20 facts·10 predicates·7 sources·3 in dispute

Mostly:rdf:type(7), rdfs:label(4), has cultural role(2)

Rdf:typein dispute`rdf:type`

Astronomical Object^[2]all time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026
Astronomical Object^[4]all time · Cross Cultural Survey North American Pleiades
Astronomical Object^[1]all time · Wikipedia Seven Sisters Songline
Astronomical Object^[5]all time · Pleiades Sub Saharan Africa Synthesis 2026
Astronomical Object^[6]all time · Munya Andrews Seven Sisters Book
Star Cluster^[7]all time · Nma Songlines Exhibition Digital Classroom
Star Cluster^[3]all time · Seven Sisters

Rdfs:labelin dispute`rdfs:label`

Pleiades star cluster^[3]all time · Seven Sisters
Pleiades^[4]sourceall time · Cross Cultural Survey North American Pleiades
Pleiades^[2]sourceall time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026
Pleiades star cluster^[1]sourceall time · Wikipedia Seven Sisters Songline

Has Cultural Rolein dispute`hasCulturalRole`

Navigational Marker^[2]all time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026
Seasonal Marker^[2]all time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026

Connection Universality`connectionUniversality`

true^[1]all time · Wikipedia Seven Sisters Songline

Cultural Significance`culturalSignificance`

Shared Astronomical Tradition^[2]sourceall time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026

Has Common Proto Polynesian Etymology`hasCommonProtoPolynesianEtymology`

Proto Polynesian Root Mata Riki^[2]sourceall time · Pleiades Polynesian Names Navigation 2026

Visible to`visibleTo`

All Humanity^[6]sourceall time · Munya Andrews Seven Sisters Book

Is Remainder of`isRemainderOf`

Seven Women^[3]sourceall time · Seven Sisters

Is Visualized As`isVisualizedAs`

Small Sparkling Cluster^[3]all time · Seven Sisters

Inbound mentions (23)

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`isDesignationFor`Is Designation for(10)

Term Makaliiex:term-makalii
Term Mataaliiex:term-mataalii
Term Mataikiex:term-mataiki
Term Mataliiex:term-matalii
Term Mataliki Tonganex:term-mataliki-tongan
Term Matariiex:term-matarii
Term Matarikiex:term-matariki
Term Matariki Rarotonganex:term-matariki-rarotongan
Term Rotuman Fanex:term-rotuman-fan
Term Rotuman Little Eyesex:term-rotuman-little-eyes

`sameAs`Same As(2)

Broken Chest Starsex:broken-chest-stars
Seven Sistersex:seven-sisters

`transformationTarget`Transformation Target(2)

Cherokee Traditionex:cherokee-tradition
Kiowa Traditionex:kiowa-tradition

`causedBy`Caused by(1)

Independent Development From Stimulusex:independent-development-from-stimulus

`characterizedByInvisibility`Characterized by Invisibility(1)

Period of Absenceex:period-of-absence

`connectedToAstronomicalObject`Connected to Astronomical Object(1)

Seven Sistersex:seven-sisters

`hasSubject`Has Subject(1)

Cross Cultural Survey Pleiadesex:cross-cultural-survey-pleiades

`isAbout`Is About(1)

Seven Sisters Mythex:seven-sisters-myth

`isWrittenAs`Is Written As(1)

Myth Narrativeex:myth-narrative

`mentionsSubject`Mentions Subject(1)

Source Documentex:source-document

`remainVisibleAs`Remain Visible As(1)

Seven Womenex:seven-women

`transformsInto`Transforms Into(1)

The Seven Sistersex:the-seven-sisters

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connectionUniversalityaboriginal-australian/wikipedia-seven-sisters-songline

true

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culturalSignificancepolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

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hasCommonProtoPolynesianEtymologypolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

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hasCulturalRolepolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

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hasCulturalRolepolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

ex:seasonal-marker

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isInNightSkyseven-sisters

true

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isRemainderOfseven-sisters

ex:seven-women

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isVisualizedAsseven-sisters

ex:small-sparkling-cluster

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labelseven-sisters

Pleiades star cluster

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labelnative-american/cross-cultural-survey-north-american-pleiades

Pleiades

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labelpolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

Pleiades

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labelaboriginal-australian/wikipedia-seven-sisters-songline

Pleiades star cluster

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typepolynesian/pleiades-polynesian-names-navigation-2026

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typenative-american/cross-cultural-survey-north-american-pleiades

ex:AstronomicalObject

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typeaboriginal-australian/wikipedia-seven-sisters-songline

ex:AstronomicalObject

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typeafrican/pleiades-sub-saharan-africa-synthesis-2026

ex:AstronomicalObject

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typeaboriginal-australian/munya-andrews-seven-sisters-book

ex:AstronomicalObject

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typeaboriginal-australian/nma-songlines-exhibition-digital-classroom

ex:StarCluster

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typeseven-sisters

ex:StarCluster

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visibleToaboriginal-australian/munya-andrews-seven-sisters-book

ex:all-humanity

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  [Source: Seven Sisters Songline — Wikipedia — tradition: aboriginal-australian; era: ancestral / Dreaming; Wikipedia article current as of 2026-06-12. Excerpt 5/5. Provenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_songline] [This exce…
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  [Source: Pleiades Across Polynesia — Names, Navigation, and New Year Markers — tradition: polynesian; era: traditional pre-contact. Excerpt 1/4. Provenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature] [This excerpt is…
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  The Seven Sisters myth is a widespread story about the Pleiades star cluster, often imagined as seven women or sisters pursued across the sky by a male figure, commonly associated with Orion. In many versions, the sisters flee danger, desir…
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  [Source: Cross-Cultural Survey: North American Pleiades / Seven Sisters Traditions — tradition: native-american; era: ancestral traditions; survey compiled 2026 from ethnographic, NPS, and academic open sources. Excerpt 5/5. Provenance: htt…
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  [Source: The Pleiades Across Sub-Saharan Africa — Agricultural Calendar Stars — tradition: african; era: traditional pre-colonial + documented 19th-20th century. Excerpt 7/7. Provenance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_in_folklore_an…
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  [Source: Munya Andrews — "The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World" (book summary and public description) — tradition: aboriginal-australian; era: publication 2004 (Spinifex Press, Melbourne). Excerpt 1/3. Provenance…
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  [Source: National Museum of Australia — Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters (exhibition + digital classroom) — tradition: aboriginal-australian; era: ancestral / Dreaming (Tjukurpa/Jukurrpa); exhibition 2017, touring through 2020s. Excerp…
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Pleiades Star Cluster

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Inbound mentions (23)

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