DoDonPachi/Cave/Toaplan/bee love tied to ancient culture?

[Dylan1CC]

About 4 years ago on one of the old forums I recall a comment from someone saying that the name means "Leader bee." I did some research on this term and I came across some info about Diana, goddess of the ancient city of Ephesus. Apparently, back then the bee was viewed as a symbol of true knowledge/embodiment of all life. Diana in her oldest form was supposed to be a "queen bee" who gathered all the people and animals into the city with her power. The bee was a ubiquitous symbol of the city found on Ephesian coins and medals. The bee icon itself was eventually melded with their mother goddess religion into a symbol known as "the king bee" (which was drawn as a lion holding a bee in its mouth) Possible reason for Toaplan and Cave being fascinated with the symbol of the bee in Batsugun and DDP or am I reading too much into this and they just think the bee itself is an interesting animal? I just found this kind of interesting though after doing some research on the cultural ties Ikaruga's story has to Bhuddism/the city itself and the fact so many film and video game makers are often inspired by old cultures/myths. Have any Cave/ex Toaplan devs ever commented on their penchant for the bee?

[BulletMagnet]

I always kind of figured that they just identified their games with the fact that bees can fly around and hurt stuff.

In any event, I'd never heard Diana identified with bees before...goddess of the hunt, of the moon, but never of bees, heh heh.

[ptoing]

I think the bee thing was initiated by Joker Jun. And in Batsugun it's not a bee but a hornet afaik

[Dylan1CC]

I think the bee thing was initiated by Joker Jun. And in Batsugun it's not a bee but a hornet afaik

Ah, you're right that is a hornet.

Anyways what BM said. See, this is what watching too much Star Wars and (especially) Lost does to you.

[fraggore]

your right it is a hornet.
ive just been to the ancient city of Ephesus and i didend see anything that looks like the cave hornet.