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handmade bronze necklace pendant Pilot bee.

Bee is an extremely versatile symbol. It personifies wisdom, fertility, diligence, thrift, order, purity and chastity. In a number of traditions, the bee served as a symbol of the sky and stars, and also participated in the creation of the world, standing on the side of God against evil spirits.
On the other hand, bee and honey are closely related to the underworld, the cult of the dead, and funeral rites. At the same time, the bees depicted on the tombs signified immortality and resurrection, perhaps because the winter hibernation of bees was interpreted as their temporary death. In Greek, Aryan, Middle Eastern, and Islamic traditions, bees were an allegory of the soul. The bee in the Aegean culture and the culture of the peoples of the Middle East, in particular Ancient Egypt, was considered a sacred insect that connected the real world of nature with the other world. Images of bees on jewelry are often found in burials, and Mycenaean tholos tombs are even shaped like beehives.
A bee swarm means the earth, the soul of the earth, protection and motherhood, diligence and thrift. A number of positive symbolic meanings are also associated with the beehive: orderly society, wisdom, eloquence. The bee and honey are universal symbols of the poetic word, and more broadly, of poetry itself. In the ancient Greek and Roman tradition, poets often compare themselves to bees.
In myths, the bee is often an attribute or one of the incarnations of the Great Mother. The bee is associated with Cybele (Diana), Demeter, Persephone, Aphrodite; their priestesses were called "bees". Later, the bee became the emblem of the Virgin Mary. These ancient ideas can explain some expressions that have survived to our time: the Ukrainians called the bee "holy", the Germans gave it the name "God's bird" and "Mary's bird".
The bee was the emblem of Potnia, a Minoan-Mycenaean goddess also known as the "Pure Mother of the Bee." Her priestesses were called "Melissa", which means bee. In addition, the priestesses who worshiped Artemis and Demeter were also called Melissas. The Delphian Pythia is often referred to as a bee, and Pindar notes that long after the usurpation of the Delphic Oracle by Apollo, she was still called the "Bee of Delphi"

Bronze, casting, engraving, 30x25 mm, weight about 10 g