Photos from last night … Northern Ontario.
Can you spot the Big Dipper ?
Is it a Fisher or 3 hunters and a Bear ?
When the Iroquois see the Big Dipper in the sky, they say, “See, the three hunters are still chasing the Great Bear.”
Iroquois :
The Iroquois, who were on the shores of the St. Lawrence to greet Jacques Cartier when he landed in 1534, have a tradition of Big Bear being pursued by three hunters.
Ojibwe :
The Fisher ran very fast to save himself. His pursuer had a bow and arrow with which he was going to kill him, but the Fisher sprang into the sky and climbed way up, with the hunter following behind him, still trying to shoot him with his bow and arrow. All he succeeded in shooting, however, was his tail, which is broken where it was wounded. ( This is the bent in the handle of the Great Dipper constellation. The small star Alcor is the wound ). Although they chased him continually, they never got him.
Ojibwe :
http://temagami.nativeweb.org/tale-fisher.html
The Ojibwe Story from the Great Lakes Region - How Fisher Went to the Skyland: The Origin of the Big Dipper … http://www.ojibwe-dakota-in-mn.com/uploads/5/2/5/8/52587125/how_fisher_went_to_the_skyland.pdf