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) to state at concerts that the band was planning on returning back to the materical to complete "Ursa Minor". By the end of 2012, it was reported that Jenkins had ultimately dropped the "Ursa Minor" album idea. Jenkins revealed that the change in plans had been a result of changes in band members since the release of "Ursa Major". Much of "Ursa Major" and "Ursa Minor" had been written with guitarist Tony Fredianelli, who after the release of "Ursa Major", sued the band for missing song-writing credits and publishing royalties for "Ursa Major" and the "Red Star" EP. Fredianelli had