Apis

Apis


  In antiquity Honeybees and honey had a very special significance. Bee symbolism in sacred texts, art and artifacts dates back to the Neolithic Period. The Bee and the Goddess have been intertwined through time, and in multiple cultures – Egyptian, Minoan, Greek, Roman, Sumerian. Honey was indeed considered to drip from heaven as the food of the gods. The Honeybee, was regarded as soul-carrier or liminal form of the human soul by many ancient cultures.
In in certain mythologies, the Bee is a messenger between this world and the spirit world.

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