Since the discovery of the so-called Minoan "Snake Goddess," it has been debated whether British archaeologist Arther Evan's ideas or overstatements about the Minoan culture are right.
Contemporary research focuses on whether there was polytheism in Minoan Crete and what the connection between the Minoan religion of the Greek myths was.
The snake is one of the oldest creatures on earth, with many peoples and cultures imprinting movement, primary essence and energy of the universe. as well as the dead and the "Earth Goddess" or "Mother Goddess" of the chthonic, prehistoric cults.
It was precisely this connection with chthonism, matriarchy and the opposition of the "Olympian" anthropomorphic, polytheistic world of the gods of Homer and the historical Greeks that the historical Cambridge School of thought sought
Its heyday coincided with the discovery of the Minoan culture, Today, however these hypotheses have been confirmed to a small extent. The original proto-Hellenic precursors of the ancient Greek religion had yet to reveal many details and secrets .
The most sacread part was the Snake Goddess of Crete.
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