Ursa Major arctos") was lowered to earth in a golden basket off the Ursa Major, and when a bear was killed, its head was positioned on a tree to allow the bear's spirit to return to Ursa Major. The Iroquois Native Americans interpreted Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid as three hunters pursuing the Great Bear. According to one version of their myth, the first hunter (Alioth) is carrying a bow and arrow to strike down the bear. The second hunter (Mizar) carries a large pot – the star Alcor – on his shoulder in which to cook the bear while the third hunter
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