Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 647
ld is a Hly-flower before it, a star above it, and, higherup, two pairs of ritual horns resting on a horizontal line. Theornamentation of the lid includes a couple of stars; that of the ends,a pair of horns with a bud springing from between them. We are not in a position to clear up the meaning of… … Fig- 393- coin-type- and suggestive of the Minoan sky-god■. Its intimateconnexion with the lily recalls the Mycenaean ring, on which adouble axe descends from heaven towards a goddess decked withlilies^, presumably Rheal The axe combined with the lily thusbetokens the life-giving union of the…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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