. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . of the Pharaoh, betrays in its name well j^^^f as its attributes a relationship with the Hebrew Seraphim.^ It is certainlya curious coincidence that the Sei^ef should be associated on the walls of one The wingedgoblintypes on Melian vases = Sir Gardner Wilkinson, The Ancient associated with M. M. II. sherds point to the Egyptians, vol. iii, p. 312 (1S78 ed.) Cf., too, existence in that island of fantastic winged types vol. i, p. 93, Fig
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . of the Pharaoh, betrays in its name well j^^^f as its attributes a relationship with the Hebrew Seraphim.^ It is certainlya curious coincidence that the Sei^ef should be associated on the walls of one The wingedgoblintypes on Melian vases = Sir Gardner Wilkinson, The Ancient associated with M. M. II. sherds point to the Egyptians, vol. iii, p. 312 (1S78 ed.) Cf., too, existence in that island of fantastic winged types vol. i, p. 93, Fig. 358. 5. at least before the close of that Period. See =? Tompkins, cited by Cheyne, Encyclopaedia below, p. 711, Fig. 535 BihU^a, s. v. Seraphim. 7IO THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. of the Beni-Hasan Tombs with another monster that presents an obviousparallel with the mysterious Cherubim of later tradition. This is representedin the form of a leopard, with spotted body and banded tail, exhibitingsimilarly set wings, between which rises a male head (Fig. 533, d). The headhere is in profile, but the similarity of the conception to the Zakro sealing. CRIFFIM5 HEADS() Early Egyptian Griffins FOREPART OF MINOAN MELIAN VER5IONS GRIFFIN, MYCEMAE. [] [ PERIOD.] MIMATURE FRESCO [LM-i] Fig. 533. Egyptian Hawk-headed Griffins and Minoan Derivatives. showing the Cherubic facing head between birds wings and with pards = orlions legs below, is in any case very remarkable. In this connexion the oftenrepeated comparison between ypvijj and Kerub may well be recalled. The fact that the earliest Griffin forms of Egypt have the head ofa hawk is of primary importance.^ The hawk there is the impersonation This monster appears on Tomb III at Beni-Hasan. Fig. 533, D, is taken from Rosellini,Monumenti delVEgitto, i, PL XXX. ^ The spots tliat appear on the Melian bird-griffin (Fig. 535) show that the pard as well as the lion entered at times into the compositionof the Minoan Griffin. Furtwa
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