Adam

__ constellation legends __ __ By Adam __ My topic is #3. how are constellations named? what are some legends behind the names of constellations? I selected 3 constellations to do reasech on: Ursa Minor/Major, and Pegasus. constellations 1 & 2 are Ursa Minor/Major constellation 3 is pegasus those are the legends of some constellations
 * Ursa Minor name is latin for little bear while Ursa Major is latin for big bear
 * The legend for Ursa Minor/Major is: One day Zeus transformed a nymph into a bear to protect her from his jellous wife Hera. One day the nymph/bear was walking when she saw her son. Not knowing it the son aimed and was about to kill his mother but Zeus acted quickly and turned the son into a bear then dragged them both into the sky and streched their tails. The mother is now known as Ursa Major and the son is Ursa Minor.
 * [[image:http://spaceyuga.com/files/2010/02/Ursa-major-minor-dipper1.jpg width="240" height="216"]]
 * Pegasus is named after the greek legend of a winged horse
 * pegasus was used to help Mudusa's slayer save a girl that was a sacrafice to Posiden (one of Zeus's older brothers). after that pegasus served the gods and to show him their gratatude they gave him a constellation in the sky