Ursa Major do not have long tails, and Jewish astronomers considered Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid instead to be three cubs following their mother, while the Native Americans saw them as three hunters. Noted children's book author H. A. Rey, in his 1952 book "The Stars: A New Way to See Them," () had a different asterism in mind for Ursa Major, that instead had the "bear" image of the constellation oriented with Alkaid as the tip of the bear's nose, and the "handle" of the Big Dipper part of the constellation forming the outline of the top of the bear's head and
Ursa Minor (album) some of the music online eventually as well. Information on an album titled "Ursa Minor" arose as early as March 2009, from "Billboard" magazine. The band later revealed more upon discussing the release of their then upcoming fourth studio album, "Ursa Major", in May 2009 with "Billboard". The band had been working on material sporadically since their prior album, "Out of the Vein", had been released in 2003, and had accumulated a wealth of material, leading to the plan of releasing it all as a double album; "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor". Fredianelli described the original concept: "It's kind of