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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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The double axe <strong>in</strong> relation to horns 537<br />

was c. 1400 c. 1200 B.C. used for oblations to two double axes, beside<br />

each of which was placed a goddess, or a pair of goddesses, and a<br />

Fig. 407. Fig. 408.<br />

c Fig. 409. d<br />

s<strong>in</strong>gle devotee. The duplication of the double axe, as <strong>in</strong> the cases of<br />

Hagia Triada^ and Tenedos^ suggests the jo<strong>in</strong>t cult of a god and<br />

a goddess.<br />

^ Supra p. 521. 2 Supra p. 522, <strong>in</strong>fra § 3 (c) i (^) and (0).

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