Speech on Minoan Religion During the Bronze Age

The most obvious cause of inadequacy in our understanding of Minoan Religion is the lack of scriptures, prayers and recorded religious texts. What we are left with however is a mass of often chaotic archaeological evidence, found in their shrines, places of worship, ranging statues and art; more specifically their pottery, seals, murals and frescoes. This state resigns almost all conclusions to educated guesses, and on occasion radical unsupported guesses. Though some things are clearly …

…deity, one of the most important aspects of Minoan religion. Poppy-growing spread to Crete during the Minoan period, and its role is indicated by a Minoan seal depicting a goddess holding three poppy-seed heads, as well as a figurine of the Poppy Goddess, dating to 1350 BC. Of course, there was no escaping the negative effects of opium, which could explain how not only the demons came about, but how the visions of the Deities occurred.