The mythology of the bee is spread all over the world. In the Americas, Dakota boys played a game called “War upon the Bee,” in which they would attack a bee hive and withstand the stings of the bees. The point of the game was to prepare them to be courageous in the face of danger, namely war. Long before this game was invented, however, the bee represented the energy of the sun and the bringer of the sweetness of life, in Egypt. The bee was the royal symbol for lower Egypt and the emblem of the united kingdoms of Egypt. Bees were associated with other Egyptian deities as well, like Neith, Amun, and Min.
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