Dreamtime and the Seven Sisters - The World’s oldest story is about Pleiades

Within the original cultures of Australia, a story is told, called Dreamtime, reflecting the world at the time of colonization of the continent and it uses the constellations of Orion and Pleiades to tell it’s story of hunters chasing women. The same story is told in Greece, and so believe the story to have the same source due to overlapping information. In this video I’ll explore these myths, the similarities, but also potential problems in the early source hypothesis. The result is that these stories are very old, but are they as old as we think they are? *If you want to support my research and see behind the scenes work, watch my videos early, and other insights then please become a Patreon here:* *References:* Allen, R. H. 1899, “Star names and their Meanings New York, Leipzig: G.E. Stechert Andrews, Munya. 2018, The Seven Sisters of the Pleaides. Spinfex Avilin, T., 1998, The Pleiades in the Belarusian tradition: folklore texts and linguistic areal studies, Folklore, 72, 141-158 Burnham Jr., R., 1978, Burnham’s Celestial Handbook: An Observer’s Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System, New York: Dover Publications. Dempsey, F. 2009, Aboriginal Sky Lore of the Pleiades Star Group in North America, JRASC, 103, 233 Hertzog, K. P. 1987, Ancient Stellar Anomalies, QJRAS, 28, 27 Krupp, E. 1994, Echoes of the Ancient Skies, Mineola, NY: Dover Publications Kyselka, W. 1993, On the rising of the Pleiades, Hawaiian J. History, 27, 174 Massola, A., 1968, Bunjil’s Cave, Melbourne: Lansdowne Press Mountford, C.P. 1939, An Anyamatana Legend of the Pleiades, Victorian Naturalist, 56, 103 Mountford, C.P. 1976, Nomads of the Australian Desert, Adelaide: Rigby Sparavigna, A. 2008, arXiv: Norris, R. P., & Norris, C. M. 2009, Emu Dreaming: An Introduction to Australian Aboriginal Astronomy, Sydney:Emu Dreaming