The Big Dipper is a very small part of the great bear.
The bear name for those stars predates the ancient Greeks.
There’s no known origin. It’s present in languages of people that were separated at least 13000 years ago.
some of our star stories go back 100k years. see: the Pleiades.
This user knows how to star-party!
Obviously a bear
The Medium Saucepan is my favorite constellation.
Norse people: it’s a wagon! It’s Odin’s Wagon!
I don’t know my northern hemisphere stars, having never seen any, but that looks exactly like what we call “the pot” down in the southern hemisphere.
Your point still stands, but your example couldn’t be shooting yourself in the foot any harder
No, it’s a bear’s ass
No, it’s a bear’s dih
That would be the rump and tail of the bear.
I’ve always seen it as a kite
