 Zeta Draconis is mentioned in Hindu mythology as "Tara" who was a celestial goddess married to Lord Brhaspati.A divine epic was played out in the night sky when Lord Chandra, the moon, lusted after and abducted Tara, the blue pole star of Brhaspati, the planet Jupiter.By the completion of the epic Tara gives birth to Lord Budha, or Mercury.