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===Europe===

===Europe===

In the British Isles the asterism is called the '''Plough''', but also as the '''Starry Plough''' in [[Ireland]], and the '''Butcher's Cleaver''' in northern parts of Isles. '''Charles's Wain''' was another popular name, Charles here referring to [[Charlemagne]], originally written as ''Carleswæn''. Although it is often mistakenly thought as meaning "peasant's cart" from the Medieval word ''carle''.<ref name="lore">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Ursa_Major*.html</ref><ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Charles%27s%20Wain</ref> This name is still used in Scandinavia as '''Karlavagnen''', '''Karlsvogna''', or '''Karlsvognen'''. The [[Dutch]] call it '''Steelpannetje''' (saucepan), in southern [[France]] that word '''Casserole''' is used with the same meaning.   

In the British Isles the asterism is called the '''Plough''', but also as the '''Starry Plough''' in [[Ireland]], and the '''Butcher's Cleaver''' in northern parts of Isles. '''Charles's Wain''' was another popular name, Charles here referring to [[Charlemagne]], originally written as ''Carleswæn''. Although it is often mistakenly thought as meaning "peasant's cart" from the Medieval word ''carle''.<ref name="lore"/><ref>http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Charles%27s%20Wain</ref> This name is still used in Scandinavia as '''Karlavagnen''', '''Karlsvogna''', or '''Karlsvognen'''. The [[Dutch]] call it '''Steelpannetje''' (saucepan), in southern [[France]] that word '''Casserole''' is used with the same meaning.   

The Big Dipper is referenced to in the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]].<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=amos%205:8&version=KJV</ref>

The Big Dipper is referenced to in the [[King James Version]] of the [[Bible]].<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=amos%205:8&version=KJV</ref>

The ancient [[Greek]] words '''ἄρκτος''' and '''Ἅμαξα''' originally referred to the seven stars of the Big Dipper alone when mentioned in the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]] respectively, and later to the entire constellation of [[Ursa Major]].<ref name="lore">http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Ursa_Major*.html</ref>

The ancient [[Greek]] words '''ἄρκτος''' and '''Ἅμαξα''' originally referred to the seven stars of the Big Dipper alone when mentioned in the [[Iliad]] and [[Odyssey]] respectively, and later to the entire constellation of [[Ursa Major]].<ref name="lore"/>

===Asia===

===Asia===

In [[Arabia]], the "cup" of the Big Dipper was seen as a Coffin, with the sons of the deceased representing the three stars of the "handle", who are following [[Polaris]], seeking revenge against the star for killing their father.<ref name="astro">http://nfo.edu/astro/ursamj.htm</ref>

In [[Arabia]], the "cup" of the Big Dipper was seen as a Coffin, with the sons of the deceased representing the three stars of the "handle", who are following [[Polaris]], seeking revenge against the star for killing their father.<ref name="astro"/>

Throughout east [[Asia]], the stars of the Big Dipper are termed as '''The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper''', written as 北斗七星 in [[Chinese]] (''běidǒu qīxīng''), and [[Japanese]] (''hokutoshichisei'', sometimes written with the Hiragana ほくとしちせい), and in [[Korean]] as 북두칠성, (''Bukduchilseong'').<ref>http://dictionary.babylon.com/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%97%E4%B8%83%E6%98%9F</ref>

Throughout east [[Asia]], the stars of the Big Dipper are termed as '''The Seven Stars of the Northern Dipper''', written as 北斗七星 in [[Chinese]] (''běidǒu qīxīng''), and [[Japanese]] (''hokutoshichisei'', sometimes written with the Hiragana ほくとしちせい), and in [[Korean]] as 북두칠성, (''Bukduchilseong'').<ref>http://dictionary.babylon.com/%E5%8C%97%E6%96%97%E4%B8%83%E6%98%9F</ref>