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14 Σεπ 2019 · We take a closer look at the bull-leaping fresco from Knossos (now in Iraklion), one of many depictions of ancient Minoan bull-sports. The bull played a central role in Minoan culture and is especially closely associated with Knossos.
In every medium imaginable, from gold rings to terracotta figurines, from stone seals to frescoes in relief, the image of the bull permeates the Minoan world. Furthermore, depictions of bulls and bull-leaping figure prominently in the pictorial decoration of Neopalatial Knossos.
The most enthralling aspect of bull worship in Minoan culture was the ritual of bull-leaping, known as Taurokathapsia. This daring and acrobatic performance, where athletes leaped over bulls, was more than mere entertainment; it was a sacred act, possibly symbolizing the triumph of human skill and courage over animal strength.
One of the featured objects, a Minoan bronze group of a bull and acrobat, was brought to life in a television advertisement using a modern bull and leaper.
Depictions of bull-leaping are found in Middle Bronze Age art of the late third- to the mid-second millennium BCE in Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, and on Minoan Crete.
One of the featured objects, a Minoan bronze group of a bull and acrobat, was brought to life in a television advertisement using a modern bull and leaper.
7 Δεκ 2015 · Evidence can be found in the original Greek Minotaur myth and the infatuation with the white bull, the bull leaping games that connected man and beast spiritually, the ritual libation rhyton of worship, and lastly the horns of consecration that proved the bull in the mountain is the earth deity.
