Ursa Minor was established by Claudius Ptolemy.
constellation is shaped like a smaller version of Big Dipper.

It is said that Arcas, the son of Callisto, who is also the big bear in Ursa Major, is the true identity of this little bear.

According to legend, when Arcas went into the forest and tried to shoot Callisto, who was in the form of a bear, with an arrow, not knowing that she was his mother, Zeus transformed Arcas into Ursa Minor and raised him up to heaven to prevent him from killing his mother.