what was their religious belief?
The Minoans seem to have prominently worshiped a Great Goddess, which had previously led to the belief that their society was matriarchal.  The Minoan pantheon featured many deities, among which a young, spear-wielding male god is also prominent.
Minoan civilization
The Minoans seem to have prominently worshiped a Great Goddess, which had previously led to the belief that their society was matriarchal. However it is now known that this was not the case; the Minoan pantheon featured many deities, among which a young, spear-wielding male god is also prominent. Some scholars see in the Minoan Goddess a female divine solar figure. 
who wrote parallel lives of greek and roman mythic and historic figures UNANSWERABLE what literary sources depicted this  greek mythology? Among the earliest literary sources are Homer's two epic poems, the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey". what about archaeological sources? The discovery of the Mycenaean civilization by the German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in the nineteenth century  and Minoan civilization  provided archaeological evidence what was the time span of the second civilization you just mentioned? 3000 BC to1100 BC. what is the name of this civilization refers to? The term "Minoan" refers to the mythical King Minos of Knossos. how can you describe about the life of women at that time? Almost all information available about Minoan women is from various art forms. Within paintings women were also portrayed as caretakers of children, however few frescoes portray pregnant women what was the language spoken by the people of that time? Minoan language
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Minoan civilization [SEP] Religion
The Minoans seem to have prominently worshiped a Great Goddess, which had previously led to the belief that their society was matriarchal. However it is now known that this was not the case; the Minoan pantheon featured many deities, among which a young, spear-wielding male god is also prominent. Some scholars see in the Minoan Goddess a female divine solar figure. Although some depictions of women may be images of worshipers and priestesses officiating at religious ceremonies (as opposed to deities), goddesses seem to include a mother goddess of fertility, a goddess of animals and female protectors of cities, the household, the harvest and the underworld.