The Mycenaean Tree and Pillar Cult and its Mediterranean Relations : With Illustrations from Recent Cretan Finds (Paperback)

1. Cretan caves and hypaethral sanctuaries; 2. Sacred fig-tree and altar on a pnyxis from Knossos; 3. The dove cult of primitive Greece; 4. The association of sacred tree and pillar; 5. The 'labyrinth' and the pillar shrines of the god of the double axe; 6. The 'baetylos' and baetylic tables of offering; 7. Zeus Kappotes; 8. Sepulchral stylae; 9. The tomb of Zeus; 10. Small dimensions of the Mycenaean shrines; 11. Aniconic cult images; 12. Survivals of tree and pillar cult; 13. The ficus ruminalis; 14. Semitic religious sources; 15. The horns of consecration; 16. Trinities and other groups; 17. The pillar of the house; 18. Egyptian influences; 19. The Egyptian element in the animal supporters; 20. Sacred trees and foliated pillars; 21. Architectural columns with animal supporters; 22. Anthropomorphic figures of divinities; 23. Mycenaean daemons; 24. A Mycenaean 'bethshemesh'; 25. Cult scenes relating to a warrior god; 26. Sacred gateways; 27. The dolmen shrines; 28. Fresco representing small baetylic temple; 29. Parallels to the baetylic shrines; 30. An oriental pillar shrine.