The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 86.—PROCESSIOX BEFORE A TEMPLE. KNOSSOS. decoration at the base of the shafts, has the sacral horns horns are also found in the ancient monuments of thepeople of Israel, reproduced in Dr. Evanss book, and numerous 196 PALACES OF CRETE THEIR BUILDERS examples of the same were found at Mycena?. This is one ofthe few examples of animal symbolism in the Mvcentean religion,and is possibly a record of the sacrifices. At Hagia Triadamany oxen of bronze were discovered, and I give one which wasfound by Dr. Pernier (Fig. 87). Instead of
The palaces of Crete and their builders . FIG. 86.—PROCESSIOX BEFORE A TEMPLE. KNOSSOS. decoration at the base of the shafts, has the sacral horns horns are also found in the ancient monuments of thepeople of Israel, reproduced in Dr. Evanss book, and numerous 196 PALACES OF CRETE THEIR BUILDERS examples of the same were found at Mycena?. This is one ofthe few examples of animal symbolism in the Mvcentean religion,and is possibly a record of the sacrifices. At Hagia Triadamany oxen of bronze were discovered, and I give one which wasfound by Dr. Pernier (Fig. 87). Instead of a live calf, it wasmore economical to offer up one of bronze, terracotta, or porce-lain, with gilded horns. Figures of oxen with a star or an axeon the forehead have been found both at Mycenas and in otherparts of Greece. The great difference from the religion ofEgypt is seen here : the beasts were offered to the gods, and. FIG. 87.—BROXZE FIGURE OF A CALF FOUXl) IX THE VILLAOF HAGIA TRIADA. the images were the sign of the sacrifice ; the Egyptian, on theother hand, deified and adored animals from the bull Apis to thecrocodile, from the hawk and the ibis to the lion, the jackal, andthe monkey. The study of religions is an important part of , on the one hand, we see the intellectual rigidity of theEgyptian—their caste system, the ruling theocracy, the mummi-fication of a people crystallised in their formulas ; on the otherwe have the great artistic flexibility and the freedom of physicaland intellectual life of the Minoan people. MYTHS AXD RELIGIOXS OF CRETE 197 V. Among the seals from Hagia Triada v/e saw a woman ^(Fig. 31^), wearing a full bell-shaped gown with flounces andfringe, with her hands resting on her hip-)s. Beside her standtwo children in the same attitude and costume. This mayrepresent a religious dance in front of a small temple with twopillars, with the triple-branched sa
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