Art embraces religion in these mythical pieces that are very attractive to those who see them, they come from the sanctuary of the Knossos Palace in Crete there are hundreds and among them those of The goddesses of snakes.
With his traditional clothing Minoan With faralaes and an apron on top, a very thin waist and a large neckline, the goddess holds a snake in each of her hands and a feline sits on her cap while the other snakes are entangled in her body.
The center of all veneration is the earth that shelters, protects and nourishes human beings, a primal feminine divinity, the Great Mother Goddess That would reach an enormous importance in the most remote places of the Mediterranean, was called by the locals as "the Lady" of the wide hips and turgid bust as a symbol of fertility.
Several have been found tablets in Knossos that allude to the Lady of the Labyrinth who owns several herds of cattle and the benefits that they gave.
Also of the Mycenaean ladies there were documents and it is known that they were masters of the economic life of the villages and they came to have cattle, metal foundry industries, perfume workshops etc.
Some of the female representations known as «the goddesses of snakes»Have been preserved in Crete.
It is likely that they represent this great Lady in some of her invocations, we must mention that religion Minoan It did not have anthropomorphic deities with the exception of the Great Mother Goddess, goddess of fertility also called Lady or Great Lady of the labyrinth or of the serpents that symbolize the fertile strength of the earth.
The statuettes are about 30 cm high. and they are made of painted earthenware (there are also ivory and gold) dating from the Middle Minoan period III (1600 BC).
Some of these goddesses were buried in the ground, one of them was found shattered and is supposed to have been broken by a ritual.
These figures representing devotion and feminine power over life itself can be seen in the Heraklion Museum en Crete.