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[[File:HyadesLodriguss_labels.jpg|thumb|400px|The Hyades (taken from APOD) – the V-shape outlines the 'face', seen head-on, of the celestial Bull, with the glaring red [[Aldebaran]] its 'eye']] |
[[File:HyadesLodriguss_labels.jpg|thumb|400px|The Hyades (taken from APOD) – the V-shape outlines the 'face', seen head-on, of the celestial Bull, with the glaring red [[Aldebaran]] its 'eye']] |
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− | Loose star cluster, within the constellation of [[Taurus]], sometimes linked to [[Hastur]]. Frequently connected in the [[The Hastur Mythos|mythology]] with [[Aldebaran]]: the striking red giant star appears as part of the cluster from Earth, though this is a pure line-of-sight effect as the star lies less than half the distance away. Four of the true cluster are also [[red sun]]s, though. The unconnected [[Pleiades]] lie nearby in the constellation. |
+ | Loose star cluster, within the constellation of [[Taurus]], sometimes linked to [[Hastur]]. In Greek myth, the daughters of [[Atlas]]. Frequently connected in the [[The Hastur Mythos|mythology]] with [[Aldebaran]]: the striking red giant star appears as part of the cluster from Earth, though this is a pure line-of-sight effect as the star lies less than half the distance away. Four of the true cluster are also [[red sun]]s, though. The unconnected [[Pleiades]] lie nearby in the constellation. |
*In Bierce's initial story about [[Carcosa]] , [[An Inhabitant of Carcosa]] , the Hyades are glimpsed in the skies above, indicating that Carcosa exists on earth (because the pattern of the stars would be significantly different seen from a different solar system, and given that the name is recogniseable). Other stories suggest that Carcosa exists ''amongst'' the Hyades. |
*In Bierce's initial story about [[Carcosa]] , [[An Inhabitant of Carcosa]] , the Hyades are glimpsed in the skies above, indicating that Carcosa exists on earth (because the pattern of the stars would be significantly different seen from a different solar system, and given that the name is recogniseable). Other stories suggest that Carcosa exists ''amongst'' the Hyades. |
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Loose star cluster, within the constellation of Taurus, sometimes linked to Hastur. In Greek myth, the daughters of Atlas. Frequently connected in the mythology with Aldebaran: the striking red giant star appears as part of the cluster from Earth, though this is a pure line-of-sight effect as the star lies less than half the distance away. Four of the true cluster are also red suns, though. The unconnected Pleiades lie nearby in the constellation.
- In Bierce's initial story about Carcosa , An Inhabitant of Carcosa , the Hyades are glimpsed in the skies above, indicating that Carcosa exists on earth (because the pattern of the stars would be significantly different seen from a different solar system, and given that the name is recogniseable). Other stories suggest that Carcosa exists amongst the Hyades.
- At the beginning of Robert W Chambers' The King In Yellow, Cassilda's Song mentions – soon after referencing twin suns, black stars and strange moons – the "Songs that the Hyades shall sing / Where flap the tatters of the King".
- In The Mask, Chambers lists the Hyades and Aldebaran alongside Alar and Hastur as if the latter were stars.
- In The Colour Of Death by Dirk Holland, the Hyades are home to a winged race possibly analogous to the Byakhee.
- In the script given in More Light, the Hyades are said to serve The King In Yellow and be at war with his enemies in Aldebaran.
- In The Gable Window, the Glass From Leng is suggested as having originated in the Hyades.
- Mentioned in Child's Play.