Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)

country (PSD; Dalley 1998, 326; Halloran 2006, 38, 102), the
creator Mother Goddess (Civil 2009, 42), the goddess of
fertility and the Earth; Sumerian , , [ d ki/gi 5 ];
Assyrian [ d ki] (comp.: Deimel 1922, 46, 440; Schnaider
1935, 481; PSD; Halloran 2006, 12; Falkenstein 1936, 747;
Mercer 1918, 7, 165) – the Earth Mother Ki and Greek –
the Earth Mother Gaea.
According to Sir A. Evans (1909, 13, 54, 96, 97 ff., 103,
195, 209, 210, 291; 1921, 6 , 44, 222, 223, 505, 657), the Nature-
Goddess of Minoan Crete functionally resembles: Rhea, the
Great Mother Goddess, the Earth-Goddess, the Mountain
Goddess, Goddess of the Caves, the Snake Goddess, the Dove
Goddess, Goddess of the Double Axe and other Goddesses.
K. J. Sprengel (1821, 53-54) writes: “Prometheus’ mother
Asia, one of Oceanid,.. was worshipped by Colchis… Phrygians
called her Μαία, maybe the Maya of Hindus,.. There is
no doubt that Rhea, Cybéle, Asia and the Phasis goddess
(Phasiane) worshipped by [Aea-]Colchis are the same…” 1
The symbols of the Earth-Goddesses are: an eight-petalled
rosette , a disk with eight sharp-pointed rays ; a snake
and a lion (Evans 1921, 479, 514, 447, 500-504, 508,
721; 1909, 195, 211, 270, 283, 291), the great Nature Goddess
of Minoan Crete is swastika (Evans 1909, 96), etc.
The material (comp.: Kean 1985, 30-32; Aleff 2005, 2.2;
Bigaj 2008, 22, 36; Chotalishvili 2003, 162) given above makes
clear that the eight-petalled rosette PHD38 is the symbol of
the Sun, star, Earth, the Mother Goddess, other deities, and of
royal power.
1 . „Seine Mutter Asia, Prometheus Mutter, eine Oceanide,.. ward von den
Kolchern verehrt… Die Phrygier nannten sie Μαία, vielleicht die Maya der
Hindus,.. Da Rhea, Kybele, Asia und die phasianische Göttinn, in Kolchis
verehrt, einerley sind ist gewi ...“ (Sprengel 1821, 53-54).
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