FAH206H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Cult Image, High Priest, Knossos
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Minoan religion oxford handbook of the bronze age aegean its foundations in rituals are associated with funerary rites. Rooms located within the tombs or at their entrances are used for rituals and not associated with rites performed for the dead. Bulls and bull sacrifices were part of the ceremonies. Cult = concerned with human fertility and seasonal cycle: female figurines = fertility major concern with early minoan cult. Also associated with palatial and urban centers the ones that were in use and didn"t" fall apart. The ones that fell out of use served smaller settlements. Cave sanctuaries prominent type in minoan religion first seen in mount ida. Caves are visible from the nearby settlement. Main rituals were done deep within the cave giving them an intense sensory experience stalagmites used to mark the important area of the cave. Drinking rituals were part of the things performed in the cave.
