
	Where results make sense

Topic: Cretan Bull

Related Topics

Marathonian Bull

Hecale

The Twelve Labours

Mares of Diomedes

Ceryneian Hind

Hippolyte

Theseus

Minos

Golden Bull

Augeas

Cerberus

Erymanthian boar

Mnevis

Lernean Hydra

Taurus (constellation)

In the News (Fri 1 Jun 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	ChristStory Bull Page
		The roar of the bull, his windy breath, the sound of his hooves, and his wild nature were likened to thunder, wind, the crash of the ocean, and mighty tempests.
		In Greco-Roman mythology, the bull was sacred to Aphrodite/Venus, Dionysus/Bacchus, Poseidon/Neptune, and Zeus/Jupiter or Jove.
		In symbolism the lusty bull is the antithesis of the gentle, hardworking ox.
	ww2.netnitco.net /users/legend01/bull.htm (2974 words)

	Temple of the Sacred Spiral - Cretan religion
		The bull was sacrificed with the rising of the star Sirius and bees were seen as the resurrection form of the dead bull and as the souls of the dead.
		The importance of the bull and its horns, symbolic of the creative life force of the Goddess, was already present in the Neolithic cultures of Old Europe and Catal Huyuk and associated with the Goddess and her Lunar Crescent as far back as the Paleolithic era.
		Cretan towns were not enclosed with a defensive wall and nowhere in their art is war or violence separated or even depicted with the exception of an occasional helmet and some swords.
	members.fortunecity.com /suqwalke/cretanreligion.html (5681 words)

	Cretan Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, the Cretan Bull was either the bull that carried away Europa or the bull Pasiphaë fell in love with, giving birth to the Minotaur.
		Cretan Bull which fathered the Minotaur was originally calm and sent from Poseidon, but the king (Minos) whom it was sent to fell out of favour with Poseidon, and so in some versions of the story, Poseidon made the bull angry.
		The myth of Poseidon sending the bull (which seduced Minos' wife) may simply be an earlier version of the myth of Zeus seducing Europa, as in earlier Mycenean times, Poseidon had significantly more importance than Zeus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cretan_Bull (575 words)

	CRETAN BULL : Bull of Crete, labor Heracles ; Greek mythology ; pictures ; constellation Taurus : TAUROS KRETAIOS
		THE TAUROS KRETAIOS (or Cretan bull) was an handsome beast sent forth from the sea by Poseidon.
		According to Acusilaus, this bull was the same as the one which had carried Europa across the sea; according to others, he had been sent out of the sea by Poseidon, that Minos might sacrifice him to the god of the sea.
		The bull is depicting with proud mien, the leader of the herd, with splendid horns, white, already experienced in love, its dewlap low and its neck massive, and it gazes fondly at the cow; but the cow in the herd, ranging free and all white but for a fl head, disdains the bull.
	www.theoi.com /Ther/TaurosKretaios.html (2433 words)

	Taurus
		Minos, charmed by its beauty, coveted it, and substituted another bull from his herds, for the sacrifice; whereupon Poseidon punished Minos by causing the white bull to become mad and to ravage the island.
		According to some of the Ancient Mysteries, a bull was slain at certain times, this having a mystical relation with the involution of spiritual essence, which produces Generation, as well as with process whereby, through sacrifice, Generation is changed into Regeneration.
		The Soul (Hercules) therefore leads forth the earthy nature (the bull) from out of its perverted condition (inordinate Crete), utilises this nature as a body or vehicle over the sea of Generation, and conducts it to the shore of the homeland (Greece).
	www.btinternet.com /~southcote/the_cretan_bull.htm (993 words)

	Thebes, Herakles labors - The Cretan bull
		The Cretan bull, amphora 520 BC In the seventh labor, the task of Herakles was to bring alive in Mykenae the mad bull who was ravaging the island of Crete.
		This bull had been sent by Poseidon from the sea to king Minos, in order to sacrifice him.
		Later the bull was killed by Theseus, at Marathon.
	www.sikyon.com /Thebes/Labors/labor_eg07.html (101 words)

	Bull-leaping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bull Leaper, an ivory figurine from the palace of Knossos, Crete.
		They were renowned for their reverence of the bull, as the legend of the Minotaur illustrates, and are often believed to have practised a dangerous and acrobatic ritual of vaulting over the horns of bulls.
		"Bull-grapplers" apparently induced the bull to lower its horns, perhaps by gripping and holding it by the horns in a manner similar to modern rodeo steer wrestlers, to prepare it for the bull-leapers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bull-leaping (984 words)

	POWERS
		The Cretan calendar (like most of its neighbors' then) was a lunar one of thirteen months, whose fabric was interwoven with cycles of the sun, trees, crops, wild plants and animals.
		One modern elderly Cretan's most awesome boyhood-memory was the sound of bulls cracking their heads together over mating-rites, in the moonlit olive-groves of his family's farm.
		Bull had never behaved like a mainland Mycenean on a mission of retrogressive "cultural reform." And this is where we may most wonder where The West (and the world) might be today, if Thera had not so darkened our cultural skies and buried the actual past.
	ancientgreece-earlyamerica.com /html/powers.html (2662 words)

	Tattoo Designs & Symbols - butterfly, bluebird, barbwire tattoos, bear, meaning & explanations of most popular ...
		The widespread presence of the Bull in many different and widespread cultural mythologies and early religions can be explained by the fact that cattle were among the first animals domesticated by man, in fact probably not longer after the Asian wolf became the household dog.
		The Bull straddles two opposites in the world of mythology and symbolism, in that it is both a solar and a lunar creature.
		Bull sacrifices and bull fights are an expression of man's dominance over the Bull but also a recognition of the power and status that the Bull holds within the world of man. We recognize the Bull as the wild animal that must be tamed and subjugated in order to serve man.
	www.vanishingtattoo.com /tattoos_designs_symbols_b.htm (2346 words)

	Minoan Crete
		From the unnatural coupling of Pasiphaë; and the Cretan Bull, Pasiphaë; became mother of the monster known as the Minotaur.
		As to the Cretan Bull, Minos was embarrassed that his wife had a monstrous offspring with his prized animal, so the Minoan king gave away the bull to Heracles, when the hero came to fetch the Cretan Bull as part of 7th Labour to Eurystheus.
		When Pasiphaë; fell in love with Cretan Bull, it was Daedalus who helped her to copulate with bull, where she became mother of the monster Minotaur.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/crete.html (3877 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Bull
		Golden Bull term translated from the Latin bulla aurea and generally referring to a bull (edict) with a golden seal.
		Golden bulls were promulgated by medieval Byzantine rulers and by Western European monarchs, for example, by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (Golden Bull of 1213) and by King Andrew II of
		Bull Run small stream, NE Va., c.30 mi (50 km) SW of Washington, D.C. Two important battles of the Civil War were fought there: the first on July 21, 1861, and the second Aug. 29-30, 1862.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Bull (667 words)

	Cretan Bull
		In Greek mythology, the Cretan Bull was either the bull that carried away Europa or the bull Pasiphae fell in love with.
		She refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on Heracles, and the bull was released to be captured by Theseus later.
		The bull was released and wandered to Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian Bull, which Theseus was sent to try to catch.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/CretanBull.html (783 words)

	The Cretan Bull of Poseidon
		Goddess Hera was watching Hercules close, and she was the one that was choosing the labors for Hercules and speaking through Eurystheus.
		From that day on this bull was to be the fear and terror of Crete, killing any living creature that crosses its way.
		As soon as he saw the bull coming out of the forest attacking him with his horns, Hercules with a quick movement cast his rope and manage to pass it over its head and one leg.
	www.steliart.com /hercules_bull.html (501 words)

	Heracles
		According to various sources, it was the bull that carried away Europa or the bull Pasiphae fell in love with.
		The bull was released and wandered to Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian Bull.
		The eighth labor of Heracles was to steal the Mares of Diomedes.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/he/Hercle.html (3530 words)

	Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology: Bull-leaping (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And from the myth of Theseus, one might conclude that the acrobats were captives or sacrificial victims, whose athleticism and timing might have spelled the difference between gory death and popular adulation by the Knossos throngs.
		It has been pointed out that bulls tend to make a sideways sweeping gesture with their horns, the force and speed of which impales anyone within reach.
		But the long-horned Cretan bull of ancient times may have been a more sluggish creature, bred perhaps for the usefulness of this trait in ritual.
	www.mythweb.com /encyc/gallery/bull_leaping_c.html (204 words)

	Cretan bull - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Cretan bull in Greek mythology, giant bull that Hercules captured as his seventh labor.
		Some versions of the legend state that this bull was the same one that carried Europa to Crete; others claim that it was the beautiful white bull loved by Pasiphaë;.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Cretan bull" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-cretanbu.html (201 words)

	Heracles, The Stymphalian Birds, The Cretan Bull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Acusilaus says that this was the bull that carried across Europa for Zeus; but some say it was the bull that Poseidon sent up from the sea when Minos promised to sacrifice to Poseidon what should appear out of the sea.
		And they say that when he saw the beauty of the bull he sent it away to the herds and sacrificed another to Poseidon; at which the god was angry and made the bull savage.
		To attack this bull Heracles came to Crete, and when, in reply to his request for aid, Minos told him to fight and catch the bull for himself, he caught it and brought it to Eurystheus, and having shown it to him he let it afterwards go free.
	www.baylor.edu /~John_Thorburn/HeraclesBirdsBull.html (268 words)

	Hercules - The Cretan Bull
		The bull was the son of the minotaur.
		The speed of the smoke that escaped the bull was so powerful that it could lift a heavy man up into the sky.
		This was very difficult because the bull was relentless in his pursuit to escape, but Hercules hit the bull into the correct direction with the massive trunks, and eventually got the bull onto a boat.
	www2.lhric.org /eastchester/schools/ms/hercules/hercules7.html (197 words)

	Labor 2 The Myth
		From place to place he chased the bull, led by the gleaming [40] star which shone upon the forehead of the bull, a bright lamp in a dark place.
		He rode the bull as if it were a horse, and with the Sisters singing as he went, drew near unto the land.
		Hercules nearer drew, urging the sacred bull upon the Way, throwing the light upon the trail which led from Crete unto the Temple of the Lord, within the city of the one-eyed men.
	www.steliart.com /labor_2_the_myth.htm (753 words)

	Theseus
		The Minotaur was a creature with the head of bull and body of a man. Minotaur was offspring of Minos' wife, Pasiphaë; (Pasiphae), daughter of Helius, and a beautiful white bull, known as the Cretan Bull.
		This same Cretan Bull was the father of the monster, the Minotaur.
		This Cretan Bull was brought from Crete to Tiryns, by Heracles, in one his twelve labours.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/theseus.html (3661 words)

	Spiritual Astrology: Taurus
		When Hercules arrived with the bull at the gates of the city, he was met by the three Cyclops, who received the sacred bull from him and took charge of it.
		The bull of desire has to be caught and mastered and chased from one point to another in the life of the separated self, until the time comes when the aspirant can do what Hercules succeeded in doing: ride the bull.
		When the bull of desire has been handed over to the Cyclops, to the initiate with the single eye, which is himself, the soul, the three divine aspects, will begin to manifest: Brontes, Steropes and Arges will guard the sacred bull, and Hercules, the disciple, will no longer have any responsibility.
	www.spiritualpsychotherapy.net /spiritualastrologytaurus (4204 words)

	Ancient coins of Crete
		Any large collection of Cretan coins has therefore a somewhat bizarre appearance, and the crudities of style and fabric are emphasized by the common practice of the Cretan mint-masters of employing the coins of other places—Cyrene, Argos, Euboea, andc.—as flans on which to restrike their own designs.
		On the somewhat later series the seated Europa much resembles a figure of Hera, wearing a polos and holding a sceptre surmounted by a bird; on her knees is the eagle with expanded wings, and a bull’s head is sometimes seen in front of the trunk.
		The bull on the coins is probably the famous Cretan bull bound by Herakles.
	www.snible.org /coins/hn/crete.html (3620 words)

	Heracles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He had to capture the bull that was terrorising all of the people of Crete, killing and maiming many of them.
		They say that the bull rampaged all over the island because years ago King Minos had tried to trick the god of the sea, Poseidon.
		When he saw our hero with the bull he was angry because he thought he was never coming back.
	www.rmplc.co.uk /eduweb/sites/40903026a/heracles/herc7.htm (282 words)

	Mythical tales of Taurus
		First there is the white bull that was Zeus disguised as a bull, which carried Europe to her home in Crete.
		King Minas was king of Crete, and was the son of Europa and Zeus, himself the son of a bull.
		He retaliated by asking the Goddess Aphrodite to inspire King Minas's wife to have an irresistible passion for the bull, and she enlisted a craftsman to make her a wooden cow, that Pasiphae the King's wife might engage with, in order to gain revenge on the king.
	www.astroawareness.com /myths/mythtaurus.html (596 words)

	Cretan Bull, Heracles, Ancient Greece - mythology.
		This bull was to be sacrificed to Poseidon.
		This rabid bull was rushing about the island and destroying everything on his way.
		But the Lord was afraid to keep this bull in his herds and Heracles set this bull free.
	www.tours2greece.info /greece-travel/eighth_feat.php (172 words)

	[No title]
		The Cretan bull left the Peloponessus, and roamed all the way to Marathon, in Attica.
		In Italy, King Eryx 1 challenged Heracles 1 to wrestle for the sake of a bull (which he had taken from the Cattle of Geryon, and mingled with his own herds).
		Heracles 1 killed him in the wrestling, took the bull, and drove the herd to the Ionian Sea.
	www.lycos.com /info/heracles--bull.html (160 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)