religion Ancient Near East religion Minoan religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Minoan_religion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_religion https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356287 The religion of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization of Crete. Modern scholars have reconstructed it almost totally on the basis of archaeological remains rather than texts. Minoan religion is considered to have been closely related to Near Eastern prehistoric religions, and its central deity is generally agreed to have been a goddess. Prominent Minoan sacred symbols include the bull and its horns of consecration, the labrys (double-headed axe), the serpent, and to some extent, the ankh.