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 The Pleiades are a prominent sight in winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and are easily visible out to mid-Southern latitudes. They have been known since antiquity to cultures all around the world,^[17] including the Celts (Welsh Tŵr Tewdws [Tur Toodus], Irish "Streoillín"), Hawaiians (who call them Makaliʻi^[18]), Māori (who call them Matariki), Aboriginal Australians (from several traditions), the Persians, whence in Hindi and Urdu (who called them پروین Parvīn or پروی Parvī),^[19] the Arabs (who called them الثريا al-Thurayya^[20]), the Chinese (who called them 昴 mǎo), the Quechua, the Japanese (who call them 昴 / スバル Subaru), the Maya, the Aztec, the Sioux, the Kiowa,^[21][22] and the Cherokee. In Hinduism, the Pleiades are known as Krittika and are associated with the war-god Kartikeya. They are also mentioned three times in the Bible.^[23][24]

The earliest-known depiction of the Pleiades is likely a Northern German Bronze Age artifact known as the Nebra sky disk, dated to approximately 1600 BC