- a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun.
- a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.
- an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus
- seven nymphs, daughters of Atlas, whom Zeus placed among the stars after death
