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Ιn Minoan religion, the bull symbolised fertility and the life-giving power of the sun. The horns of the bull were THE PROUD CRETAN IBEX STANDS AS A POWERFUL SYMBOL
one of the religious symbols of the Minoans, while the most significant Minoan festival was the Bull-Leaping OF FREEDOM AND WAS WORSHIPPED IN ANTIQUITY. IT
(Tauramachia), held in the Spring, the time of nature's rebirth and human renewal. Men and women grasped the
horns of the animal and leapt with various postures onto its back, landing back on the ground gracefully. The bull ONCE ROAMED ALL THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF CRETE,
was not killed, as the athletes were always unarmed. PECOLD / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM BUT DUE TO EXTREME HUNTING, IT IS NOW RESTRICTED TO
GORGES AND THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
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