Set by Claudius Ptolemy.
constellation shaped like a smaller version of Big Dipper.
The true identity of this little bear is Arcas, the son of Callisto, who is the big bear in Ursa Major.

When Arcas entered the forest and tried to shoot Callisto, who was in the form of a bear, without realizing that she was his mother,
Zeus, to prevent Arcas from killing his parents, transformed him into Ursa Minor and elevated him to heaven.