Minoan
Minoan-inspired tarot celebrating Bronze Age goddess culture and Mediterranean heritage.
creator unknown · 2017
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The record
The Minoans were a Mediterranean civilisation that flourished between 3650 and 1400 BC, and centred their culture on the island of Crete. This Bronze Age society proceeded both the Mycenaeans and the ancient Greeks. They were primarily a seafaring nation of traders and artists with a penchant for decoration including frescoes and fabulous jewellery, but also contextually speaking, great architects and builders. The administration of Minoan society seems to have been centred around elaborate palaces, five of which have been excavated, as well as cities that were sophisticated in their planning and infrastructure. Very little is known about their spoken language; 2 written scripts have been identified, known as Linear A and Linear B. Linear A script has yet to be deciphered, but Linear B was unravelled in the early 1950s. Inspired by this complex, artistic society, writer and artist Laura Perry has developed the fascinating Minoan Tarot. This deck makes the most of the beautiful and plentiful Minoan art (some cards, notably in the Minor Arcana are the work of the artists imagination) although they are modern representations of extant artworks. This is an 86-card, fully illustrated t
The cards
