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The goddess is associated with bees, hornets, and wasps, which cling to her body, and is thus typically depicted as emanating bees and hornets from her four hands. [8]
The Ancients had several Bee Gods and Goddesses, such as the Lithuanian Bee Goddess Austeja and her husband the Bee God Babilos, the Roman Goddess Mellonia and the Slavic God Zosim; bees were also associated with other Deities such as Artemis, Aphrodite, Brighid, Rhea, and Vishnu. [26]
This painted terracotta Naqada figure of a woman is interpreted as representing Bat, c. 3500–3400 BCE - Brooklyn Museum. Bat is a cow goddess in Egyptian mythology who was depicted as a human face with cow ears and horns or as a woman. Evidence of the worship of Bat exists from the earliest records of the religious practices in ancient Egypt.
Ceres, goddess of growing plants and motherly relationships; equivalent to the Greek goddess Demeter; Diana, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis; Faunus, horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Feronia, goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health and abundance
Surasa is a Hindu goddess, who is described as the mother of the nagas (serpents). [7] Susna is a horned serpent-demon who aids the Asuras in their war against the Deva. The serpent also guards the essence of Amrita in its stomach. Susna is also associated with drought. Shesha is the nagaraja or king of all nāgas.
Recalling her brother's advice, Leutogi stirred the ocean, sending waves to Samoa as a signal for help. Taoulupo'o saw the sign and sent his pet white pe'a (bat), supported by the spirits of the dead, to aid her. The white bat, along with the bats of Tonga, saved Leutogi by extinguishing the flames with their water, preventing her execution.
The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts.Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses.
These three bee maidens with the power of divination and thus speaking truth are described in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and the food of the gods is "identified as honey"; [7] the bee maidens were originally associated with Apollo, and are probably not correctly identified with the Thriae. Both the Thriae and the Bee Maidens are credited with ...