~ The ancient Bee Goddess ~
“The #priestesses of historical descendants of (the) ancient #bee #goddess - #Demeter , Rhea, Cybele- were called ‘ #melissae ’, the ancient Latin word for #bees .
The Bible mentions a ruler and prophetess of ancient Israel called Deborah, the “Queen Bee”.
Erich Neumann, in ‘The Great Mother’, says the priestesses of the moon goddess were called bees because “it was believed that all honey came from the moon, the hive whose bees were the stars.””
- Layne Redmond
Art: ‘The Bee Goddess’ by Emily Balivet
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