Bumble Bee Hive Vessel ~ Vintage Ukrainian Ceramics

DescriptionThis beautiful beehive cookie jar is perfect for offerings in your ritual space or on your altar (or you can just stuff cookies in it). It features traditional stylized embroidered Rushnyk symbols all around the hive. On August 14th The Honey Feast begins, Ukrainianns would gather near rivers and lakes, eat honey, sing songs, and feast. The first spoon of honey eaten had magical healing powers.The bee is a sacred insect In Ukrainian folklore, surrounded by mystical worship, and alleged to have a soul. They have the gift of prophetic insight, capable to predict events in human life, and natural phenomena. They took part in family celebrations, holidays, and would grieve over the death of their landlord. There was direct correlation between domestic happiness and apiaries. When a beekeeper died neighbours would go to his beehives to inform them of the death. They would hit each beehive three times and tell the bees about their masters passing. The centuries old custom of “Telling the bees” is found throughout much of Europe. When a bee dies its not as an animal, “but passes away (as a human)”   ~ The Ritual Aspects of Ukrainian Beekeeping ~ Uliana MovnaVintage Ukrainian CanadianTHIS JAR IS A CHONK!