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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. [14]
The bees, hornets, wasps, flies, termites, mosquitos, and spiders, which clung to her emanated forth in a wave over the ranks. When Arunasura was the last daitya remaining on the battlefield, she retreated and sent out all of the insects to attack him.
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.
The gods went in search of Telipinu only to fail. Then the goddess Hannahannah sent forth a bee to bring him back. The bee finds Telipinu, stings him and smears wax upon him. The god grew even angrier, until the goddess Kamrusepa (or a mortal priest according to some references) used a ritual to send his anger to the Underworld.
Her name, meaning "the black," suggests that she presided over subterranean nymphs. 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 ...
Mellona or Mellonia was an ancient Roman goddess said by St. Augustine to promote the supply of honey (Latin mel, mellis) as Pomona did for apples and Bubona for cattle. [1] Arnobius describes her as "a goddess important and powerful regarding bees, taking care of and protecting the sweetness of honey."
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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.