Stock Photo - Minoan cult bronze double axe 'labrys' & bronze spearhead from ""warrior grave"" at Knossos-Zafer Papoura, 1600-1400 BC, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, grey background. . . In Minoan Crete, the double axe was an important sacred symbol of the supposed Minoan religion. In Crete it never accompanies male gods, only female goddesses. It seems that it was the symbol of the arche of the creation (Mater-arche).

Stock Photo: Minoan cult bronze double axe 'labrys' & bronze spearhead from ""warrior grave"" at Knossos-Zafer Papoura, 1600-1400 BC, Heraklion Archaeological Museum.

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