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Minoan Civilization

Crete’s Sacred Caves – Part I

2018-05-31 by Phil Butler

Sacred Caves of Crete

The legends and spiritual wonders of Crete may never be fully uncovered. Then again, when local peasants in 1883 discovered ancient votive objects in the now famous Dictaean Cave no modern archaeologist had a clue of Crete’s hidden treasures.

Tags: Agia Paraskevi, Amari Valley, Arkalochori Axe, Cave of Eileithya, Cave of Zeus, Crete mythology, Crete sites, Eileithya, Fylakes Cave, Kamares, Lassithi Plateau, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Crete, Minoan sites, mythology, Nida Plateau, Phaistos, Phaneromeni, Psychro Cave, religious sites, sacred Crete

Prayer of Yidini: Echoes of Karfi

2018-02-11 by Phil Butler

A story from ancient Karfi, a story of how the last Minoans may have lived and believed. Karfi was the last stronghold of a magnificent culture destroyed by the gods.

Tags: crete, Karfi, Karphi, Keftiu, Lassithi, Lassithi Plateau, Mallia, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Crete, Minoan ruins, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Phaistos, Thera, Thera eruption, Tylissos, Yidini

An Encounter with the Spirit of Eileithyia at Tsoutsouras

2017-08-25 by Phil Butler

Eileithyia or Ilithyia

In the South of Crete there’s a little village on the sea called Tsoutsouras. It’s a sparkling and shiny little place where people go swimming in its “medicinal” waters, and where echoes of ancient cults and rites abound.

Tags: crete, Eileithyia, Heraklion, Heraklion province, Inatos, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, raki, Tsoutsouras

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