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Ariadne's Tribe Pantheon: Zagreus

This is one in a series of posts about finding our deities in Minoan art. Find the full list of blog posts in this series here

Today we're looking for the bull-god Zagreus in Minoan art. We consider him to be an aspect of our god Tauros Asterion. So obviously, we're going to look for images of bulls. But what kinds of images? When we go looking for Tauros Asterion in Minoan art, we seek out naturalistic/realistic images of bulls. When we're in search of the Minotaur (another aspect of Tauros Asterion), we look for shape-shifting depictions of half-man, half-bull creatures. So how do we know when we've found Zagreus?

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Meet the Minoans: Zagreus

Today I’m going to explore the deity Zagreus. In Ariadne's Tribe, we consider him to be a face of our bull-god Tauros Asterion

He’s the bull who comes wreathed in flowers in the spring, specifically during the Blooming Time, the shortest of the Minoan seasons. A shamanic deity, his name means “the dismembered one,” a reminder that he’s also the sacrifice who goes willing. He is a dying-and-reborn god.

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