6533b88afe1ef96bd12e1997

RESEARCH PRODUCT

Ape in India

Igor Spano

subject

History of ReligionSettore L-OR/17 - Filosofie Religioni E Storia Dell'India E Dell'Asia CentraleSanskrit StudieVedic StudieSettore M-STO/06 - Storia Delle ReligioniIndologyIndian FolkloreSouth Asian Studie

description

The honey bee is mentioned in some ancient Indian religious texts as a symbol of the sacrificial act; it also appears in some myths throughout Indian religious history with meanings partly related to representations of the divine feminine.

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