Minotaur is a compound word, which consists of Minos representing Minoan culture and Taurus representing bull, literally meaning "Minoan bull". Therefore, almost all articles involving minotaurs should talk about the story of Crete. But in fact, there is only one bull's head in this story, and only one small face at the end of the maze was dropped by the great hero K, which is purely a walk-on and unrepresentative. His strength is not strong, and his only specialty is his high popularity, not even the "earliest cow head". This time, I'm going to have an absurd and irresponsible dialogue with the tauren, and I'm not limited to the legend of the tauren in Crete, so the topic this time is "Mr. Meyer's rough waves-the tauren outside Crete".
(Realistic part)
The origin of tauren
Is the cow head in Crete the earliest cow head in the world? Not necessarily! Crete is one of the earliest cradles of civilization in continental Europe, which created a splendid Crete civilization (2800 BC-1150). However, the glory of the Crete dynasty was short and far-reaching, but the history was not very long, not to mention the earliest tauren legend. From the Neolithic Age in 6000 BC, cattle, as one of the most important sources of food and materials, ran through the whole process from hunting to nomadic farming. At the same time, their fertility is also a symbol of masculinity and wealth, and they are widely worshipped by all races except South America, Central America and Oceania (strangely, there are no cows in Australia, but South America and China are more keen on worshipping thick and long things like plumed snakes), and almost every ancient civilization has experienced the worship of sacred cows (.
The symbol of the kingdom-Niu Niu is in Africa.
Africa is the hometown of human civilization, where the cattle industry has continued for thousands of years, and the worship of cattle has a long history. The Masai people in Africa are people who only eat milk and cow blood all their lives. Their measure of value is the number of cows in a family, with cows as the monetary unit. Marcel people don't even care whether the milk yield of cows is the highest, but concentrate on cultivating the most beautiful cows, so their cows have long pointed horns and are extremely beautiful. Madagascar is also known as the "kingdom of cattle", where people have a special and almost fanatical worship of cattle. Cow is a symbol of personal wealth, and cow head is regarded as a symbol of the country. Cattle should be baptized like children here, and not be forced to work one day a week. It is said that there is also an image of a bull's head in ancient African myths and legends, but I have not found an exact written record for the time being, so I need to make a textual research here. Mr Meyer's Anger —— Minotaur, Off Crete, Page 3, 40 in total.
Niu Niu is in Egypt.
The worship of sacred cows in Egypt was quite early, reaching its peak in the Middle Kingdom period (2040- 1640 BC), centering on Memphis, which connected the worship of sacred eagles in the ancient kingdom period and the worship of sacred sheep in the new kingdom period (this coincides with China's egg-laying myth and bird totem culture, and the Shang Dynasty also worshipped the totem of mysterious birds. It is said that their ancestral contract was born after their mother Judy swallowed a swallow's egg.
Among the Egyptian gods, Apis, the god of fertility and production, is the representative of the bull (note: this god is probably related to Baal-yes, it is the sun god Baal, and even indirectly related to Baal in Diablo II or The Gate of Victory); Horus, the patron saint of the Pharaoh's kingship, is in the shape of an eagle's head, and his wife is the Egyptian goddess Hassall. Hator was the most beautiful of all the goddesses in ancient Egypt, and her appearance was transformed into a cow. She is also one of the oldest goddesses in Egypt. She is known as the goddess of the sky in Greek, and once regarded as a god of death in Thebes, but she is generally regarded as the god of love, dance, wine and foreign countries.
[Goddess of Hatred]
The sacred cow hater exists as a kind protector. Her image was widely carved on the stone walls of a large number of Pharaoh's tombs from BC 1350 to BC1KLOC-0/00. She is depicted as a cow lying on a reed mat, or a goddess with a cow's head, or a beautiful goddess, usually wearing a sun disc between the two corners of his head. Occasionally, I wear Menat (a special pendant similar to a necklace, but not jewelry, but a sacrificial instrument, which can also be used to convey the power of the goddess to the Pharaoh). Mr Meyer's Anger —— Minotaur, Off Crete, Page 4, 40 in total.
Restricted level-semitic worship of Taurus
Semitic (Hebrew) people have a long tradition of worshipping cows. The worship of Baal (the golden calf god) and Baal god in ancient times can be traced back to the ancient times of14th century BC, which is related to the bull worship of the Egyptian civilization "Apis the god cow" (see above), and there is even a ceremony to dedicate the girl's "first night" to Taurus (Xie Note: Kouhu ... Editor: Are you challenging the layout? )。 Later, Spain also accepted this worship, which was linked with the worship of the sun because of Taurus.
The Best Harp in the World —— Sumertao
Cattle is one of the symbols of Sumerian culture. A golden tauren harp was found in the tombs of King Abaraj and Queen Subad of Ur Dynasty, one of the ancient countries of the first Sumerian Dynasty. This piano, with a cow's head as its handle, is exquisite in shape, bold in lines, symmetrical in structure and exquisite and gorgeous. Its body is decorated with lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, shells from the Indian Ocean and pink limestone from northern Iraq. This is the earliest harp found in the world. It was identified as a relic around 2600 BC.
Defend the country-tauren and Assyrian
Mesopotamia Plain in the two river basins is one of the cradles of the four ancient civilizations, where the military and political stages of Soviet-American polis, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire and New Babylonian Empire appeared successively. A remarkable feature of the metal craft here is that the shapes of the works are mostly winged lions, cowherd, sheep, deer and other images. Lamassu is the monster of the head, lion and ox in Assyrian/Babylonian mythology, defending Assyrian temples and palaces. They have wings, can fly and are very powerful. Accordingly, the snake capital, a monster with a head, a cow's body and wings, joined Lamassu in defending Assyrian temples and palaces. At the entrance to the palace of King Sargon II of Assyria, there is a huge winged sphinx. The object of their worship is not the cow head, but the cow head. ...
The cow's thinking is vivid, and its nose seems to be moving.
This statue is called "Assyrian Bull" and is one of Assyrian gods. It is said that its face is carved in the image of King Sargon II himself. Mr Meyer's rough waves-Minotaur off Crete Page 5, 40 in total.
Lamassu
Mr Meyer's Anger-Minotaur, Off Crete, Page 6, 40 in total.
Blooming everywhere-Niu Niu is in Greece
Greek civilization inherited the worship of cattle from Crete civilization. Zeus, an old man, once turned into a cow when he came down to pick up girls, and took the girl on the back of the cow to the new world-the origin of Europa. There are too many stories about cows in Greek mythology, and the legend of Crete belongs to pre-Greek mythology. However, since the topic of this talk is "Niutou outside Crete", I won't post these ubiquitous staple foods to cheat the manuscript fee. Generally speaking, Wang is rarely mentioned. He was the son of Zeus and Europa before his death and became one of the "three judges of hades" after his death. His rule is famous for its strict rule of law. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Crete civilization entered the Bronze Age in 2500 BC, while Athens was around 1200 BC, so the contrast between them is like a city dweller and a bumpkin.