The Story of the Great Bear

The Great Bear was the first son of the sky god and was exiled/evicted from heaven. He defied the supreme god by looking down upon the earth and was enchanted by what he saw. He was lowered to the earth by golden chains. In some myths he also attacked people and destroyed their villages. Another part of this myth is that when the Great Bear is slain, as part of bear-feast ritual, his soul is returned to heaven and there it is resurrected. In the heavens he became the constellation Ursa Major. We can see at least seven points of contact of the Khanty Bear Myth with the legend of Lucifer. Lucifer was the top celestial of the rebellion (represented as the first born), he was thrown down to earth (evicted from heaven), myth has it that he - as one of the celestials - was enamored with the women of earth (enchanted by what he saw), was bound in Tartarus by chains (lowered to earth by chains), in his manifesto claimed resurrection was the natural law of the universe (in the Bear Myth he is resurrected in heaven and becomes Ursa Major, the Big Dipper) and he was that rebellious angel (was a destructive bear). The Great Bear is not Lucifer. He is from an older oral shaman tradition past on by the singing of the bear-songs and the customs of the bear-feast. This Luciferian story of the Celestial Bear is only the underpinnings to the more important hunter-to-bear relationship. It was this Sky Bear who fathers the half-human half-bear, known as the Bear's Son .

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Some Native Americans Myths

In the folklore of the Wasco Indians of north and central Oregon, Coyote created the formation known as the Big Dipper. He shot arrows into the sky so that his five wolf brothers could get closer to some animals they saw in the sky. When the wolves climbed on the ladder with Coyote, though, they saw that the animals were grizzly bears, and wouldn't approach them. Coyote decided to go back and, because he thought that "they all looked pretty good sitting there like that," he removed the ladder so they couldn't get back down. Coyote liked this creation so much that he created all the constellations with his arrows.

In the Blackfoot tradition, the seven stars of the Big Dipper -- more correctly eight, because one of the stars in the handle, Mizar, is actually two stars -- are seven brothers and a sister escaping their older sister. The older sister had fallen in love with a bear; and when her father killed it, she changed into a bear and vowed to kill everyone in her family in vengeance. After the brothers and their little sister tried to escape her in many ways, the youngest brother used his magic to shoot them into the sky. The brothers are the stars that form the Big Dipper, and the little sister is the faint star that accompanies Mizar.

In the mythology of the Navajo people of the American Southwest, Polaris represents a fire in the hogan, which is the traditional Navajo dwelling. The Big Dipper and Cassiopeia, two constellations that revolve around that star during the year, represent a married couple called the two Nahookos, which means The Male and Female Ones Who Revolve. This couple always occupies the same part of the sky, and no other stars ever intervene. As a result, Navajo law has evolved to stipulate that only one couple can occupy a hogan and enjoy its fire.

Also Saptarishi Story – The Seven Sages/Rishis of Indian Mythology

The Saptarishi are the seven sages of Indian mythology who brought required knowledge and energies to strengthen the processes of transition (pralaya) according to the epic Mahabharata, composed in about 500 B.C., the stars of the Big Dipper were the seven sages called Rishis. These seven sages were happily married to seven sisters named Krttika. They originally all lived together in the northern sky.

 The seven stars representing seven rishis, namely “Vashistha”, “Marichi”, “Pulastya”, “Pulaha”, “Atri”, “Angiras” and “Kratu”. There is another star slightly visible within it, known as “Arundhati”. Arundhati is the wife of Sage Vashistha.