Minoan Bull Small Head with Labrys,double axe - Minoan Art, Knossos Palace - pure bronze Sculpture

Item Specifics

Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 12 cm - 4,72 inches
Width: 5 cm - 1,97 inches
Length: 2,5 cm - 0,98 inches
Weight: 120 g

The bull played a prominent role in Minoan culture, with bull images appearing constantly on frescoes and on pottery. The original piece is in the museum in Heraklion Crete. Minoan frescos and ceramics depict the bull-leaping ritual in which participants of both sexes vaulted over bulls by grasping their horns. Minoan Bull is a symbol of Great power, strength and prosperity!
The word "labrys", a word of Minoan origin, is used for a double headed axe, known as well as "pelekys" or "sagaris". Minoan labrys has been used as a ritual axe, found in ancient Minoan depictions of the Mother Goddess. Its symbolism is related to the labyrinth and it is believed that the meaning of the word labyrinth is the "house of the double axe". Labrys was used by female priestesses only, for bull sacrifices.
The shape of the double axe (referring to the moon) and the belief that it was used in the battlefields by the Amazons makes it a symbol associated with female and the female empowerment till our days.