(July 12, 2022) The two (and only two) "Minoan" snake goddess were found in one of the Knossos palace's trash pits known as the east Knossos Temple repository. It contained various damaged ritual items used during this period. (Sinclair 2013):
In addition, the repository contained stone libation bowls, a large quantity of colored sea shells, clay administrative sealings, a clay tablet, ivory inlays, bone, burnt maize and stag horns. All of which were placed under a jumble of soil, gold foil and some forty ceramic amphorae and jugs which were used to provide a date for the collection of between 1650 and 1600 BCE.
(November 12, 2023, updated December 20, 2024)
The next image clockwise around the room shows three deities in a cloud. They are right to left: dark new moon god Su with a bear cap, underworld goddess of fate Kate/Hekate with snakes in her hair (symbols of life and death), and the life manifestation/emanation god Hu. (Original photo: Rönnlund, Wikimedia Commons, 2012).
(Sept. 9, 2022, Updated December 23, 2024) This location is labeled "Theseus and Tuchulcha" on the Orcus Tomb map. Unfortunately, this image is too destroyed to interpret it fully. All that is visible is a winged donkey spirit with big donkey ears holding a snake over a kneeling man with long hair down his neck. The wings on the donkey spirit indicate it is affecting the middle layer powers of the ancient Pagan Paradigm. The donkey spirit represents the connection between life and the astrological motion powers of the moon.
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(April 22, 2024, updated December 23, 2024) The bow drill (Akkadian qaqû, quqû) was used to start fires with friction. It consisted of a stick pushed down upon a dry, notched piece of wood having kindling in the notch, and a bow which was used to rapidly turn the stick. The bow can be imagined as bird wings while the stick can be imagined as its body. This image would seem to be the origin of the phoenix fire-bird mythology.
The word "Phoenix" is Greek φοῖνῐξ (phoînix). This is the Akkadian phrase: Ṭ'.IN.IS or the "One-near to the moon-eye's (Su's) woman" where Su's woman is Kate/Hekate because they both share the dark night sky.
Photo: French National Library Number: De Ridder.918b. The Bibliothèque nationale de France is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. This is on display at the Museum's Richelieu site. Online at: https://medaillesetantiques.bnf.fr/ws/catalogue/app/collection/record/3981?vc=ePkH4LF7w1I94aqfsJQGpkZopb6-HeEUCs0ZZaU5yZlgDbBQAQAAqC-Q
Translation in Akkadian
(read right to left. Capital letters on pot. Inner vowels inferred)In English
(Updated March 30, 2024) The krater on the left shows the demon Skadi on far right threatening a dancing couple representing the coherence of life and motion powers with an angry snake. To the right of the couple is another demon with an axe ready to cut links out of the life network.
Some graffiti was scratched above the snake and on either side of the “V” on the opposite side. The dancing couple are the life goddess Ayu identified by her snake skin hat and some god identified by his tiara. This was found in 1844.
This text is blaming the motion powers for a drought and blaming emotion magic rituals for not being an effective cure. "Expectations" are generated by emotion magic rituals and these rituals were being done to push the fertility fluids through the life network represented by the goddess Ayu. The astrological motion powers represented by the full moon god Su are not being blamed. The cure for the drought is from supporting the life powers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm.