Ursa Major Ursa Major Ursa Major (; also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern sky, whose associated mythology likely dates back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater (or larger) she-bear", standing as a reference to and in direct contrast with nearby Ursa Minor, the lesser bear. In antiquity, it was one of the original 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (2nd century AD), and is now the third largest constellation of the 88 modern constellations. Ursa Major is primarily known from the asterism of its main seven relatively bright stars comprising the "Big Dipper", "the Wagon", "Charles's
Ursa Major (album) down the album's progress. The working title of the album was "The Hideous Strength", after a similarly named C.S. Lewis book. According to Jenkins, the album's name was subsequently changed to "Ursa Major" because "...We’ve been hibernating and now we’ve awakened and we are hungry for spring and we want to feed and we want to thrive." Another album, "Ursa Minor" (B-Sides compilation), was scheduled to follow "Ursa Major" but the idea was later scrapped in favor of a new studio album. "Ursa Major"'s cover is derived from "Uranographia", a 17th-century drawing by Johannes Hevelius. The view is mirrored following