";s:4:"text";s:3072:" When her son, Arcas, is about to shoot her, thinking she's a wild bear (which she is, we guess), Zeus steps in and transforms them into the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. Zeus then gave Arcas, his child with Callisto, to the Titaness Maia to raise. After this, she was turned into a bear, either by Zeus while trying to hide his misdeeds, by Hera out of jealousy, or by Artemis out of anger that she broke her vow of chastity.
When they saw her pregnant body, Diana banished her from their cult. Juno turns Callisto into a bear. In the train of Artemis. The wanderings of Callisto would eventually take the bear into the very woods and forests that Arcas himself hunted in; and one day the paths of Callisto and Arcas crossed.
CALLISTO AND ARCAS. At the last moment, just before the arrow struck, Jupiter tossed Callisto and her son Arcas into the heavens as the constellations Ursa Major, the Great Bear and Bootes, the Bear Warden. Callisto’s son, Arcas, has grown up a gifted hunter, just like his mother. He is wandering in the woods one day, and spots a bear. Callisto et Arcas: Jupiter fell in love with Callisto, and together, they ahd a child, Arcas. He then placed Callisto among the stars as the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear). Bk II:496-507 Arcas and Callisto become constellations And now Arcas , grandson of Lycaon , had reached his fifteenth year ignorant of his parentage. Argue for or against the existence of an original Great Goddess who predated the oral and written myths traditionally found in later patriarchal societies. The aquatint etchings tell the story of Callisto and Arcus, from the Tales from Ovid, Ted Hughes's translation. That’s one version of the story—in another, Callisto flees into the woods in her new ursine form, living out her days as an animal. Juno found out and changed Callisto into a bear. So even though Callisto really gets a bum deal in this story, at least she's spared a totally tragic ending. Callisto saw her son and, forgetting that she was a bear, rushed toward him to give him a hug. Juno's anger at the pregnancy grows after Callisto gives birth to a boy, Arcas.
In Greek mythology Callisto was a daughter of the Arcadian King Lycaon and a hunting companion of the goddess Artemis. The she-bear formally known as Callisto eventually gives birth to Zeus's son, a kid named Arcas (who evidently came out as a human even though his mom was a bear). Callisto consorted with Zeus and gave birth to Arcas 1, the eponym of the Arcadians. It was a dangerous existence for a she-bear though, and evading hunting parties took all of her skill. In the end, Callisto finally catches a break—kind of. 7. Eventually, some hunters spot the toddler hanging out with a she-bear and take him to be raised in the court of King Lycaon. In fear of his life, Arcas lifted his bow and shot at the charging bear.