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Women in the Aegean
Minoan Snake Goddess

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe

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Minoan Snake Goddess
from Knossos, Crete
c. 1600 BCE
faïence
height 131/2 inches (34.3 cm)

(Archeological Museum, Herakleion)


Copyright © (text only) 2000
Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe
All rights reserved

MINOAN SNAKE GODDESS

1. Discovery

2. The Votary

3. Temple Repositiories

4. Evans's "Snake Goddess"

5. Snake Goddess in Minoan Culture

6. Snake Goddesses on Crete

7. Fertility Deity?

8. Snakes, Egypt, Magic, & Women

9. Snake Charmers

10. Women in Minoan Culture

Excursus: Matriliny in the Bronze Age

   BIBLIOGRAPHY