Mellona
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Mellona or Mellonia was an ancient Roman goddess said by St. Augustine to promote the supply of honey (Latin mel, mellis), as Pomona did for apples and Bubona for cattle. [1] Arnobius describes her as "a goddess important and powerful regarding bees, taking care of and protecting the sweetness of honey."[2]
W.H. Roscher includes Mellona among the indigitamenta, the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals.[3]
See also
- Ah-Muzen-Cab -- Mayan god of bees.
- Aristaeus -- Ancient Greek god of bees.
- Austėja -- Lithuanian—goddess of bees.
- Bhramari -- Hindu goddess of bees.
- Bubilas -- Lithuanian—god of bees.
- Colel Cab -- Mayan goddess of bees.
- Melissa -- Ancient Greek/Minoan—goddess of bees.
- Bee (mythology)
References
- ↑ Augustine, De civitate Dei 4.34; Hendrik Wagenvoort, "Diva Angerona," in Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion (Brill, 1980), p. 22.
- ↑ Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, IV. 7 (Mellonia dea est pollens potensque in apibus, mellis curans custodiensque dulcedinem) and 8.
- ↑ W.H. Roscher, Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie (Leipzig: Teubner, 1890–94), vol. 2, pt. 1, p. 203.
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