[Little Bill]

I finally got the authors name in the text, it was a trial, I got this by email.

Now getting back to a ealier thread that I ran. If Hera and Aphodite are Minoan rather than Greek gods, was the dude sacrificed, in Crete, offered up to Hera and Aphodite or some other unknown god.

Will someone, please explain the Bulls head in Minoan, art and its parrel in Egyptian and Anatolian art?

[frankjr]

Ancient Goddesses Found?

[Little Bill]

gg&g ping

[Constitution Day]

Related thread (has a photo)

Roman Theatre Goddesses Unearthed In Crete (Athena & Hera)

[Little Bill]

gg&g Ping

[RightWhale]

please explain the Bulls head in Minoan, art and its parrel in Egyptian and Anatolian art?

That it is there, or that it means something?

[fanfan]

and was destroyed by an Arab invasion in A.D. 824.

You're kidding, right? They wouldn't do that, would they?

[mewzilla]

Will someone, please explain the Bulls head in Minoan, art and its parrel in Egyptian and Anatolian art?

They got it from Bug Bunny cartoons?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

who conceived her first son with Zeus under a plane tree in Gortyn.

A Plane tree?

[yarddog]

I was a classics major and studied Minoan civilization quite a bit but now that you mention it, I can't ever recall hearing or reading why the Bull (and double bladed ax) were so prominent in Cretan life.

I do know that Crete had close relations with Egypt and some say the original inhabitants came from Anatolia but don't think anyone really knows.

I personally have always thought the Ionian Greeks especially those in the Cyclades were originally from Crete. Their mixing with the Dorians is what really created what we think of as ancient Greeks. Just my idea and can't really back it up.

I have always found it fascinating and mysterious. Always loved those Cretan girls tops.

[Ostlandr]

"Will someone, please explain the Bulls head in Minoan, art and its parrel in Egyptian and Anatolian art?"

Stag, Stallion, Goat, Bull- these are representations of the Male aspect of the Divine. This dates back to pre-Christian times when sex was sacred rather than profane.
The cult of Mithras (a deity popular with Roman soldiers) had rituals involving the ritual fighting and killing of a bull. This survives today as bullfighting.

Some people suggest that the multiple gods and goddesses are actually avatars- each representing an aspect of the Divine. More like the Catholic Saints, who are basically worshiped as gods and goddesses by the common folk. In some cases, the Saints are identical with their pre-Christian prececessors. Saint Bridget is a prime example, having previously been the Celtic goddess (avatar) of Poetry, Smithcraft and Healing.

[theFIRMbss]

>The works, representing the goddesses Athena and Hera, date to between the second and fourth centuries

[rabidralph]

while Hera — long-suffering wife of Zeus, the philandering king of gods — was headless.

Also found was a restraining order against Zeus. An APB was issued soon after this find.

[blam]

Thanks for the ping

Got it over here too: Roman Theatre Godesses Unearthed In Crete (Athena & Hera)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Little Bill. Blam beat you by a little, but both go into the catalog. I'm going to ping his though, because it's older. :') The Bull's head in Minoan art could be homegrown (because lots of cultures had bulls), but more probably it came from a very ancient tradition, from Anatolia. There are Minoan artworks (wall paintings) from ancient Egyptian contexts, and the bull cult is old, but probably parallel rather than precursor.

These statues were found on Crete, but are from Roman times, so not Minoan.

Apollo was another gift from Anatolia, as were some other deities. Catal Huyuk, which was abandoned around 5500 BC, didn't apparently have writing (nothing that anyone has identified as such, at least), but some of the cult items found suggest very deep roots for some of the gods later adopted by the Greeks. :')

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[Shanda]

I have always wondered if Crete might be Atlantis despite not being beyond the Pillars of Hercules.

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