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Hungry Ghoul
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Re: Non-Astronomer's resource
Yep, Taurus is correct.
(I would have accepted the answer 'Remirrath, the Netted Stars' (found in LOTR), too, although we do not know whether these aren't more likely the Pleyades.)
<h6> What still of desease in me found sleep / I tore it out with my firm hand / And threw it, laughing, steep and deep / Down into the snow-covered land </h6></p>