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A blazing hot summer haiku in Linear B: The golden lion, Potnia Mistress of the Wild and…

21 Nov

Minoan Linear A, Linear B, Knossos & Mycenae

A blazing hot summer haiku in Linear B: The golden lion, Potnia Mistress of the Wild and... (Click to ENLARGE):

haikpotniatherolioninthesundeathI think this ferocity of this haiku speaks for itself.  But who dies, the hunter or the lion? And does Potnia Therion, The Mistress of the Wild Beasts, really care that much who does, any more than any of the other great gods of Olympus were to care in later centuries about humans and their paltry world? She holds two snakes. Death can go either way.Richard

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Posted by on November 21, 2018 in Uncategorized

 

One response to “A blazing hot summer haiku in Linear B: The golden lion, Potnia Mistress of the Wild and…”

  1. vallance22

    November 22, 2018 at 9:48 pm

    I forgot about this one, Rita! How reminiscent of you! I shall try and reblog it!

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