minoan crete | Ritual Goddess

May 5: Celebration of the Italian Snake Goddess Angitia — Theresa C. Dintino’s Abruzzo-Americana Wheel of the Year

by Theresa | Apr 27, 2022 | Goddess, Strega and Italian-Americana

“On the first Thursday in May the most pagan of Christian festivals takes place in Cocullo (AQ) in honor of San Domenico Abate, whose statue is carried through the village covered with live snakes; the old snake rites connected to the goddess Angitia were passed on to...

New 2nd edition paperback of my first novel, Ode to Minoa: Journey of a Snake Priestess

by Theresa | Oct 13, 2021 | Recent Posts

I have recently had the opportunity to revisit and publish a second edition paperback of my first novel, Ode to Minoa: Journey of a Snake Priestess I began this book in 1995 when my daughter was two and I was able to focus on writing full time again. I had...

What is Minoan Crete?

by Theresa | Jun 11, 2013 | Goddess

Crete in the Bronze Age was an island surrounded by a world of change. In fact, the Minoan society was one of the last holdouts for the worship of an all encompassing universal life source envisioned in the form of the Goddess; one that had previously thrived...

Priestess Diviners of Minoan Crete

by Theresa | May 21, 2013 | About Divination

In the archaeological remains of the Minoan Era of Crete, statues of priestesses in ritual attire holding a snake in either hand are found. The expression in their eyes and their enlarged ears lets us know these women are in a state of trance. In some of the temple...