Campfire stories under the stars: The story of the Big Dipper (Iroquois)

In this story, the quadrangle of the dipper represents a bear that is pursued by seven hunters; the three closest hunters are the handle of the dipper. As autumn approaches, the four farthest hunters dip below the horizon and abandon the hunt, leaving the closest three hunters to chase the bear…. https://www.indiantime.net/story/2009/09/10/culture/the-story-of-the-great-bear-the-big-dipper/4292.html

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