. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . igure ofthe shrine was a Goddess—apparently the Under-World form of the greatMinoan Goddess—witha triple group of spottedsnakes twined about figure, as recon-stituted, is 34*2 centi-metres (13I inches) inheight (see ColouredFrontispiece). She wearsa high tiara of a purplish-brown colour with a whiteborder, a necklace, anda dress to be more fullydescribed below, con-sisting of a richly em-broidered bodice with alaced corsage, and a skirtw
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . igure ofthe shrine was a Goddess—apparently the Under-World form of the greatMinoan Goddess—witha triple group of spottedsnakes twined about figure, as recon-stituted, is 34*2 centi-metres (13I inches) inheight (see ColouredFrontispiece). She wearsa high tiara of a purplish-brown colour with a whiteborder, a necklace, anda dress to be more fullydescribed below, con-sisting of a richly em-broidered bodice with alaced corsage, and a skirtwith a kind of short double apron. Her hair, cut square in a fringe above her forehead, falls behindher neck and on to her shoulders ; her eyes are black, as also her eyebrows,which are given in relief, and her ears, partly owing to the snaky coils thatsurround them, appear to be of abnormal size. Her breasts, which arealmost entirely bare, are of matronly proportions. The ground colour of thewhole, including the. flesh tint, is generally a milky white, the various detailsbeing laid on in purple, purplish-brown, or black. See p. 96, Fig. Fig. 358. Faience Fruit and Flowers (| f.)- Ill: THE SNAKE GODDESS AND RELICS 501 About the Goddessspotted with purple-brown. are coiled three snakes with greenish bodies The head of one of these she holds out inher right hand, its body follows the arm up-wards, then descends behind the shoulders,and ascends again to the left arm, whichheld the tail.^ Round the hips of theGoddess, below the waist, and forming hergirdle, two other snakes are of these, whose head appears in thecentre of this serpentine girdle, is continuedin a festoon down the front of the apron,and, thence ascending along the edge of thebodice to the neck, coils its tail round theGoddesss right ear. Finally, a third snake,whose tail-end forms part of the plaitworkabout the hips, runs up along the left fringeof the bodice over the left ear and coils up
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