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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 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 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.
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.
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."
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 ...
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain, and bees Orie , Ohafia goddess of fertility Oshun (known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America ) also spelled Ọṣun , is an orisha , a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions.
Melissa, a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey, [1] and from whom bees were believed to have received their name, μέλισσαι. [2] Bees seem to have been the symbol of nymphs, whence they themselves are sometimes called Melissae, and are sometimes said to have been metamorphosed into bees.