Crete ~ see why (before Coke) they
worshipped the bull there?
Seeing the eclipse this morning, I starting wondering if those Minoans didn’t start worshipping the bull because its horns so resembled the partial sun. They had it tough after all. Earthquakes and fallout from Thera’s volcanic eruptions every 400 years made them keen to appease the gods with well-documented rituals including sacrifice. A partial solar eclipse would have been taken as a heavenly sign of where their devotion should be directed if they were to avoid catastrophe. They didn’t of course when Thera (Santorini) finally blew its stack, unleashing a gigantic tsunami and megatons of ash to bring their civilisation to its knees. The moral if there is one relating to my quest is that humanity shouldn't be taking risks with the environment when the Earth shows she's so capable of creating a wasteland herself.
What I like about this picture is the juxtaposition of the 'divine' eclipse and that symbol of Mammon, Coca-cola, paling by comparison. Not just the ancients who were overawed when the sun changed shape and put mankind's monuments in the shade, eh?
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