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Ursa Minor (Little Bear) ... In Greek mythology, Hercules slew Hydra, a horrible serpent with many heads that grew back as soon as they were cut off. Killing the Hydra was one of Hercules' twelve labors, during which he also defeated Leo, the lion, and Draco, the dragon.
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Ursa Minor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ursa Minor , often called the Little Dipper , is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'little bear', contrasting with Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Like the big dipper, the hand...
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Ursa Major - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ursa Major is a constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. Its name means the Great Bear in Latin. It is dominated by the widely recognized asterism known as the ...
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Latin : Ursa Minor (the Little Bear); Greek : Arktos Mikra (the Little Bear) or Amaza (the Wagon) or Kynosoura (the Dog's Tail) ... PHOENICE A Phoenician girl or bear who was set amongst the stars as the constellation Ursa Minor. The ancient Phoenicians navigated by her stars. (Hyginus 2.2 on Thales of Miletus)
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Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. ... Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 2 : "Ursa Minor ( Lesser Bear). Aglaosthenes [Greek poet C7th B.C.], who wrote the Naxica, says that she is Cynosura [i.e. the dog's tail], one of the nurses of Jove from the number of the Idaean Nymphae.
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Previously, Ursa Minor was considered to be just seven close stars, mythologically regarded as sisters. In early Greek mythology ... is now long forgotten. In other cultures, Ursa Minor was the hole in which the Earth's axle found its bearing. In Hindu mythology...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Ursa_Minor
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By far, though, we owe the greatest debt to the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans. ... The earliest references to the mythological significance of the Greek constellations may be found in the works of Homer, which probably date to the 7th century B.C. In the Iliad, for instance, Homer describes the creation...
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One story has it that Ursa Major grew greedy in her old age and wanted to steal the Pole Star for herself since Polaris matches her own stars in brightness. She has never managed to do so, however, because of the "Guard Stars" in Ursa Minor. ... See Polaris' Mythology for a story about a star in Ursa Minor...
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Zeus came to the rescue turning her into the constellation Arctos, the Great Bear, also known as Ursa Major. At Zeus direction, Hermes saved Arcas from the womb and took him to be raised by Maia. She was joined by her son who became the nearby constellation Arctophylax, the Little Bear, also known as Ursa Minor.
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