<P> The Baganda people of Uganda hold the legend of Kintu, the first man on earth . Save for his cow, Kintu lived alone . One day he asked permission from Ggulu, who lived in heaven, to marry his daughter Nambi . Ggulu set Kintu on a trial of five tests to pass before he would agree . For his final test Kintu was told to pick Ggulu's own cow from a stretch of cattle . Nambi aided Kintu in the final test by transforming herself into a bee, whispering into his ear to choose the one whose horn she landed upon . </P> <P> In Greek Mythology, Aristaeus was the god of bee - keeping . After inevitably causing the death of Eurydice, who stepped upon a snake while fleeing him, her nymph sisters punished him by killing every one of his bees . Witnessing the empty hives where his bees had dwelt, Aristaeus wept and consulted Proteus who then proceeded to advise Aristaeus to give honor in memory of Eurydice by sacrificing four bulls and four cows . Upon doing so, he let them rot and from their corpses rose bees to fill his empty hives . </P> <P> According to Hittite mythology, the god of agriculture, Telipinu, went on a rampage and refused to allow anything to grow and animals would not produce offspring . The gods went in search of Telipinu only to fail . Then the goddess Hannahannah sent forth a bee to bring him back . The bee finds Telipinu, stings him and smears wax upon him . The god grew even angrier and it wasn't until the goddess Kamrusepa (or a mortal priest according to some references) uses a ritual to send his anger to the Underworld . </P> <P> As per Hindu mythology, Parvati was summoned by the Gods to kill the demon Arunasura, who took over the heavens and the three worlds, in the form of Bhramari Devi . To kill Arunasura, she stings him numerous times with the help of innumerable black bees emerging from her body . The Gods were finally able to take control of the heavens and the celestial worlds again . Also, the bowstring on Hindu love god Kamadeva's bow is made of honeybees . </P>

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