[[fate]] | [[bees]] | [[women]] [[axis-mundi]] | [[fly-flight]] *** > "The notion of “three awesome [bee-]women” who “bring all things to pass” and dwell beneath the mountain Parnassos (compare the above mentioned three norns at the base of Yggdrasill) sounds very much in line with the associations encountered in the sparse mentions in the ancient Germanic record, and perhaps this points to an ancient complex of beliefs stemming from a common source deep in the mists of time." ([[ksd-bee-and-honey]]) |Branch|Parallel|Texts |-|-|-| Germanic | Bees refered to as [*Sigewīf*](valkyries.md) (Valkyries) (powerful flying beings) | [*For a Swarm of Bees*](for-a-swarm-of-bees.md) Germanic | Bees feed on honeydew dropped from the well of fate under the World-Tree which is tended by three fate-women ([*Nornir*](norns.md)) | [*Gylfaginning*](gylfaginning.md) Greek | [*Thriaí*](thriae.md) (three bee nymphs) feed on honeycomb, dwell under mount Parnassus, are powerful, can fly, "bring all things to pass", and know divination | [_Homeric Hymn to Hermes_](homeric-hymn-to-hermes.md) ## Biblio [[ksd-bee-and-honey]]