ThatOneKirbyMain2568 to Vexillology • 8 months agoAs of today, March 9, this is officially the new flag of Utahkbin.earthimagemessage-square121fedilinkarrow-up1539arrow-down112
arrow-up1527arrow-down1imageAs of today, March 9, this is officially the new flag of Utahkbin.earthThatOneKirbyMain2568 to Vexillology • 8 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-square@The_vlinkEnglish43•8 months agoThat would be a logical reason for it but remember this is Utah… so no. Bees have weird place in Mormon lore. The creepy founder created a new name for them in the Book of Mormon “Deseret”. His successor, Brigham Young, used it as the name of country Mormons tried to establish in the west. “It represents a theocracy ruled by the church.” The bee symbolism used in sermons from the 1850s described the godly society the Saints strove to build. https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-symbolism-of-the-beehive-in-latter-day-saint-tradition/
minus-squareBoblinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoI had the “Symbols of Manchester” Wikipedia page at the ready to make the point that a bee is a fairly well-known symnbol of industry, but as they say, truth is stranger than fiction.
That would be a logical reason for it but remember this is Utah… so no.
Bees have weird place in Mormon lore. The creepy founder created a new name for them in the Book of Mormon “Deseret”.
His successor, Brigham Young, used it as the name of country Mormons tried to establish in the west.
“It represents a theocracy ruled by the church.”
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/the-symbolism-of-the-beehive-in-latter-day-saint-tradition/
Wow. That is nuts.
I had the “Symbols of Manchester” Wikipedia page at the ready to make the point that a bee is a fairly well-known symnbol of industry, but as they say, truth is stranger than fiction.