Questions tagged [minoan]

For questions about the mythology of the Minoan civilization, a Bronze Age Aegean civilization on the island of Crete.

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Is there an ancient basis for the Cretan bull-headed sea serpent god in Mika Waltari's The Egyptian?

Mika Waltari's excellent historical novel The Egyptian, set in Ancient Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten1, features a bull-headed sea serpent Cretan god. Here's a quick summary of the time Sinuhe, the novel's protagonist, spends in Minoan…

asked Sep 16 '19 at 23:11

yannis

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