. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . the scene is evidentlylaid in some natural glen, but the Sacral Knots here certainly indicate that thesport was as much under the patronage of the Minoan Goddess as the acro-batic feats of a similar nature that in other cases were carried out in arenasactually overlooked by her shrine. See my Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult,p. 61, Fig. 39, and p. 62. ^ Acquired at Smyrna, but probably broughtfrom Crete by one of the numerous Moslem emigrants afte
. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . the scene is evidentlylaid in some natural glen, but the Sacral Knots here certainly indicate that thesport was as much under the patronage of the Minoan Goddess as the acro-batic feats of a similar nature that in other cases were carried out in arenasactually overlooked by her shrine. See my Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult,p. 61, Fig. 39, and p. 62. ^ Acquired at Smyrna, but probably broughtfrom Crete by one of the numerous Moslem emigrants after 1898. The core of the ring isof bronze originally, no doubt covered by goldplating, since replaced by gilding. This signet-ring is in my own Collection. 432 THE PALACE OF MINOS, ETC. The religious significance of this knot in connexion with Minoan cult isfurther brought out by the signet type shown in Fig. 310, c. The centraltheme of this design is a scene of divine communion, where a female figure,probably a votary, partakes of the fruit of a sacred tree, which inspiresher with ecstatic frenzy. To the right is a Minoan shield—itself, like. Fig. 310. Minoan Signet Rings showing Pairs of Sacral Knots, (f). a. Smyrna(probably from Crete), b, c. Mycenae, d. Palaikastro. e. Gournia (PI. IX. 12). the Ancilia, a medium of religious possession—with an object attachedto it in which we must certainly recognize a version of the sacral loop is clearly seen above, and a part of the fringe of the second endof the scarf is traceable in front of the lower part of the shield.^ In my Mycenean Tree and Pillar Cult fied as an insect (Tsuntas, E^. Apx., 1890, (p. ySseqq.) I had at first taken the object for p. 170) and as a helmet with a high crest a rudely executed design of a small female (Max Meyer, Jahrbuch d. Arch. Inst., 1892, figure. Otherwise the object had been identi- p. 189). M. M. Ill: WEST PALACE REGION ; DOUBLE AXE CULT 433 A remarkable comparison supplied by a small i
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