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Bee (mythology)
The bee, found in Ancient Near East and Aegean cultures, was believed to be the sacred insect that bridged the natural world to the underworld.
Motifs of a bee god, Ah-Muzen-Cab, are seen in Maya civilization.
==Worship==
The bee was an emblem of Potnia, the Minoan-Mycenaean "Mistress", also referred to as "The Pure Mother Bee".〔G.W. Elderkin (1939) "The Bee of Artemis"''The American Journal of Philology'' 60 pp. 203-213〕 Her priestesses received the name of "Melissa" ("bee").〔Neustadt, Ernst 1906. ''(De Jove cretico )'', (dissertation, Berlin). Chapter III "de Melissa dea" discusses bee-goddesses and bee-priestesses in Crete.〕 In addition, priestesses worshipping Artemis and Demeter were called "Bees".〔Harrison 1922:442.〕 Appearing in tomb decorations, Mycenaean tholos tombs were shaped as beehives. The Delphic priestess is often referred to as a bee, and Pindar notes that she remained "the Delphic bee" long after Apollo had usurped the ancient oracle and shrine. "The Delphic priestess in historical times chewed a laurel leaf," Harrison noted, "but when she was a Bee surely she must have sought her inspiration in the honeycomb."〔Harrison 1922:442.〕〔〔''Melissa Delphis'', according to Pindar's Fourth Pythian Ode, 60.〕
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