Hyades (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the Hyades (/ˈhaɪ.ə.diːz/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ὑάδες, romanized: Hyádes, popularly "rain-makers"^[2] or "the rainy ones"; from ὕω, hýō, 'I fall as rain', but probably from ὗς, hŷs, 'swine'^[3]) are a sisterhood of nymphs that bring rain.^{[citation needed]}