B87B. Harnessed wolf.. 27.28.31.32.

The Big Bear is a wagon in which a wolf or bear is harnessed. Usually, the shape of the bucket handle is due to the fact that a wolf or bear attacked an ox harnessed into the wagon and ended up in its place. In this case, it is associated with Alcor or the last star of the bucket handle, α.

Hungarians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians, Greeks, Belarusians, Estonians (Võru), Livs, Chuvash.

The Balkans. Hungarians [St. Petra is crooked, because when he was carrying straw, wolves attacked, oxen rushed, the wagon turned over, but the oxen kept running and the crumbling straw formed the Milky Way]: Mándoki 1965:130; Slovenes : Matičetov 1972:66 [first and second stars of the Big Dipper bucket handles - ox and wolf harnessed into the wagon], 71-73 [The Big Dipper - "St. Martin (or St. Naum), on which he was carrying firewood from the forest; attacked by a wolf (bear), ate an ox, St. Martin (Naum) harnessed him instead of an ox; a wolf (bear) pulls him to the forest, the remaining ox from the forest]; Bulgarians: Mladenova 2006:77 [the legend of an attack on oxen harnessed into a cart by a wolf or bear It is common among Bulgarians, Hungarians, Serbs, Slovenes, Romanians, Greeks, so α or another star of the Big Dipper bucket handle is called Wolf (Bear); Bulgarians, Serbs and Slovenes harness the wolf into a wagon instead of an ox], 236-237 [Bulgarian versions: 1) the wolf attacked the traveler's wagon, crushed one ox; the traveler harnessed a wolf instead of an ox; 2) the man went to buy firewood, left the wagon, went into the forest, at this time one ox was picked up by a bear; a man harnessed a bear instead of an ox, but he pulls to the side, so the bucket handle (α) is curved; 3) a man stole straw, drove it at night, it fell (Milky Way); on the way they attacked wolves; four bucket stars are a cart, two pen stars are two oxen, α is a wolf; 4) a wolf and a bear attacked the wagon, ate one ox, the owner harnessed them instead of an ox; {there are other similar options}]; Popov 2003 [a wolf or bear ate one of the two oxen in the wagon, the owner harnessed him instead of an ox; he still pulls to the side; the star next to the big {obviously Alcor} is "wolf" or "bear"]: 271 ; Rakovski 1859 [And the stars, peasants and sheep shepherds know the following. The bright star, which in the evening from the east and seems to move west, is called Vechrna (krvan kran in Turkish). It warms until late in the evening and is not visible after. After her, a star called Moma (Girl) or Virgo, who is in the south, rises in the evening. A third, quadruple star or cross, which also rises in the evening and appears to the south. The other three stars, played by Kolyazi, the Companions, come from the East. After that comes Kokoschka, or Klovachka (Chicken, or Hen), which is seven stars. The so-called Ralitsa (the upper part of the plough) does not follow. These are six stars and they look like a ralitsa. It is followed by a star called Svinar (Swineherd), surrounded by many small stars. They are followed by Zornitsa, or Dennitsa, which expires at dawn. In addition to those, there is a constellation in the North called Cola (Woz); 4 stars are considered a cart, 2 stars are two oxen; the second star, which is slightly south, is human, and the second is smaller, which close to the ox, as if sticking to it, [p. 21] says it's a wolf. They say he returns to the same place in the evening. The second constellation, which rises right above the head of a man from Three Stars, is called Svredil (drill) because it resembles a drill. Another reddish star that rises from the northeast is called Popova Zvezda. When it rises, sheepdogs already eat fast on Friday night to Saturday. Hymen (Myakina) is the name of the aerial phenomenon that stretches across the sky (the Milky Way) and is said that one Christian ran out of chaff and did not go looking for it, but stole a basket her godson's chafs, and while she was carrying it, she woke up, and then to convict him that he had sinned, the chaff was recorded in the sky, these stargazers say about Zornitsa that she had been gone for a long time, and when rises before dawn, shines while the month shines]: 20-22; Serbs [1) four bucket stars are a cart, two handle stars are two oxen, the third is a wolf; 2) the wolf is harnessed instead of one of the oxen, God placed cart to heaven]: Mladenova 2006:237; Serbs [four bucket stars - wagon, two oxen, a man and a wolf in front of them]: Janković 1951:144; Romanians [wolf instead of ox, Carului Mare (Big Bear)]: Mladenova 2006:237-238; Greeks []: Mladenova 2006:238.

Central Europe. Belarusians (Calluses, Slutsky u. (Minsk governorate) [There is always a cart in the north, carrying bears. The Antichrist will ride this Carriage before the end of the world and lure truthful people to forget God]: Serzhputouski 1998, No. 26:31.

Baltoscandia. Estonians (Võru) [Big Dipper - "Peedo's Cart"; wolves are commanded to attack oxen in a yoke; Peedu was driving a wagon with oxen; one was attacked by a wolf; P. harnessed him with an ox, this is Alcor under Mitzar; the wolf pulls into the forest, so the bucket handle is curved]: Hurt ("Eesti astronoomia") in Prüller 196:294 (briefly in Kuperjanov 2003:181); the Livs [(the informant lived in Saarem); the man decided to go to heaven on a cart drawn by two horses; walked away out of need; at this time the wolf ate one horse in its entirety and found himself in the harness; the man drove on on a horse-drawn cart and a wolf; the wolf is smaller and weaker; God turned them into the Ursa Major constellation]: Loorits 2000 (4) :153.

Volga - Perm. Chuvashi (Malo-Yalchikovsky District, 1926) [Ivan has a magic club, he was hired to work for his ass; he tells him to watch the door, I. removed all the doors from the hinges, began to watch; the pop ordered two sheep to be slaughtered - I. stabbed 12; bring a cart of sand from the heat; I.'s club hits the devils, they load sand; on the way back, the wolf ate the horse; I. put a club on him, harnessed him instead of a horse; locked him in the priest's stable, the wolf ate the foal; the pop decided to secretly leave, And . hid in a bag of breadcrumbs; at night all three lay down by the river; he is going to push I. into the river; he changes places with his priest, hits her husband; in the morning I. and drowned her]: Chuvash tales 1937:53-57 .