Re: Bee goddesses?

From: rune.writer <rune.writer_at_0eVfRN1tfyi7rtBrPtkvZsBbw4ebSDovTq0_r8YSTVQ7giovEJnCgmNt6eakW4IN>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:53:49 -0000

> The story that I would like to tell would be that the bees were created at the Dawn, when the Lightbringers came to visit the Insect Tribes -- most of the insects feared the New Sun, and so they burrowed away into the ground and into the caves to find the sheltering darkness, but some tribes of the insects came forward and greeted the Lightbringers, and so they were rewarded with a place in the new world and with all the riches of the new growing flowers, and the secret of turning these into the sweet honey. If I made an Orlathi version, I'd make it part of the Voria myth cycle, so therefore appropriate for young children, and give it some fairytale like qualities ; possibly even Disney-like, with an Evil Dark Queen that the young Bee Princess (and her retinue of loyal handmaidens) must escape from, with the help of her brave and dashing young captain -- and they all lived happily ever after!
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> Julian Lord
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I was thinking Voria. To be honest, I´d like to see Voria become more than the Disney goddess.

OTOH, I keep coming back to Ernalda as she is the goddess of the earth´s bounty. Or would Asrelia be better? IIRC, Asrelia is more buried wealth, gems and so forth. Then again, bees and flowers bring me back to Voria.

So I´m thinking an Orlanthi myth would/could involve:

Gorakiki(or equivalent, as I doubt Orlanthi would recognise Gorakiki by name) tries to hide her favorite insect servants from the burning light of the sun. These servants are all wasps.
Light through Gorakiki´s fingers burn the wasps yellow. Wasps become constantly angry from the pain of burning. Asrelia and Ernalda wakening after the Dawn. Voria bringing forth flowers to show Ernalda´s re-birth. Voria seeking a way to show Asrelia´s re-birth. Voria making a deal with Gorakiki , for messengers. Gorakiki opening her right hand to release the wasps to act as Voria´s servants. They become bees. The insects in Gorakiki´s left hand remain wasps. Gorakiki teaches Voria songs to control these new bees. Voria teaches Gorakiki songs to soothe the pain of the wasps. Voria´s bees take nectar from flowers to make honey to show people the miracle that Asrelia has been re-born. Maybe Voria´s deal is that people will promise to keep, shelter and protect bees in return.

Am I on the right track?