THE BIG DIPPER AND THE LITTLE DIPPER
One of many Greek legends tells the story of a nymph named Kallisto. She had the misfortune, to have Zeus, king of gods, fall in love with her. Zeus loved to hear Kallisto sing. Every day he would leave his throne to listen to her in the forest. Hera, Zeus's wife, was very jealous of Kallisto. One day, Hera flew into one of her rages, and she turned Kallisto into a bear. Not content with this revenge, Hera put Kallisto in a part of a forest where Kallisto's son Arcas was hunting. Arcas didn't recognize his mother; he drew his bow and took aim. But, just in time, Zeus saved her by changing Arcos into a bear as well. Zeus placed mother and son into the sky so the could be together forever.
DRACO
The Greeks, have several stories about Draco, the dragon. In one story, a hero named Cadmus slew Draco on orders from the goddess Athene. The goddess the told Cadmus to extract the dragon's teeth and sow them into the ground. As soon as Cadmus did that the teeth sprouted into armed soldiers, all ready for a fight. Rattling their swords against their shields, the soldiers were ready to fight Cadmus. But Athene told Cadmus to throw a rock in the midst of them. The rock hit one of the soldiers, and that soldier started fighting with an other one. Then all the others joined in. At the end, only five were left. But they, were too weak to fight any more. Then Cadmus told them to surrender, what they did. Later they became his helpers. Ever since that incident, "sowing dragon's teeth" has meant stirring up trouble. Draco was placed high in the sky, so so no one could plant his teeth, and cause trouble.
