labrys

ألمانية - التركية

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labyrinth, a labrys is a double axe, a frequent Minoan symbol. It is found in many forms, from minature golden versions to rough inscriptions on pillars (purpose of the latter unknown, one of a number of inscriptional signs which lead Sir A. Evans to theorize a "pillar cult" in the Minoan world {now largely dismissed}). Here are some pictured on the Hagia Triada sacropagus. The non-Greek suffix -nthos is thought to mean "the place of," hence the word labyrinth (which has come to mean a maze) originally may have meant "the place of the double axe." Labrys was also a non-Greek word. It has been suggested that it comes from Lydian (?) and is related to the weapon of Zeus Labraundeus worshipped at Labraundea in Caria (cf. Plutarch, Quaest. Graec

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a double-headed ax in Minoan mythology

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() From Ancient Greek λάβρυς (labrus, “axe”) from Lydian.