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0 32- M. M. Ill: (Q) Winged Creations and the 'Flying Gallop'.
Middle Minoan Elements oftheZakro Sealings; Fantastic types—constant
variation to baffle forgers ; Fancy thus called into play—rapid transformation
of types ; Humorous and Demonic creations ; Horned Imp on Earlier signet—
'Axe-winged' Goblin on Melian pots; Underlying Egyptian motives—talis-
manic Value of Waz symbol; Bats and Butterflies wings—zviuged symbol on
M. M. II prism seal; Fantastic forms with birds ivings—Creatures of Fancy
rather than Religion ; Did they become themes of Myth ?—Mythical accretions
to winged figures of Minoan creation ; Melian revival; Winged Types appro-
priate to Age of Daedalos; Winged forms in Crete and Xllth Dynasty
Egypt ; Prototypes of Griff n—Hawk-headed Lions of Beni-Hasan ; Egyptian
'Seraphim' and 'Cherubim'; Early Egyptian Griffins with Hawk's head and
Minoan derivations; Minoan Griffins in Flying Gallop'; Crested Eagle-
headed type ; The Egypto-Minoan Griffin—Peacock's plumes of Late Minoan
forms ; Galloping Griffin type traced to M. M. II; The Flying Gallop ' in
Art—introduced into Egypt from Crete; Examples on Queen Aah-hotep's
Dagger-blade ; ' Flying Gallop ' on M. M. Ill Sealings and Mycenae blades—■
parallel representations ; The ' Flying Leap ' on Cretan Seals—Recurrence on
Hyksos Dagger-hilt; Engraved M. M. II dagger-blade—illustrations of
Flying Gallop '; Fighting Bulls and Boar-hunt; The Boar-hunt in Minoan
Art; Converging evidence of Minoan character of Mycenae relics—Arms and
Goldsmiths Work.
The evidence given in the preceding- Section leads to the general Middle
conclusion that the Zakro Deposit, though it contains elements belonging Elements
to the early part of the Late Minoan Age, distinctly overlaps the Middle Hoard™
Minoan borders. Considerably over fifty per cent, of the Zakro types belong
to a remarkable class which stands altogether apart from the Late Minoan Fantastic
tradition. These designs, executed in a bold free style, exhibit a succession Types-
of fantastic and monstrous forms, one derived from another by a constant
differentiation of details. The overlapping of types, shown by the occur-
rence in many cases of more than one on the same nodule, and the general
similarity of style throughout, lead to the conclusion that we have not here
a gradual evolution of forms of a more or less unconscious nature, accom-
Middle Minoan Elements oftheZakro Sealings; Fantastic types—constant
variation to baffle forgers ; Fancy thus called into play—rapid transformation
of types ; Humorous and Demonic creations ; Horned Imp on Earlier signet—
'Axe-winged' Goblin on Melian pots; Underlying Egyptian motives—talis-
manic Value of Waz symbol; Bats and Butterflies wings—zviuged symbol on
M. M. II prism seal; Fantastic forms with birds ivings—Creatures of Fancy
rather than Religion ; Did they become themes of Myth ?—Mythical accretions
to winged figures of Minoan creation ; Melian revival; Winged Types appro-
priate to Age of Daedalos; Winged forms in Crete and Xllth Dynasty
Egypt ; Prototypes of Griff n—Hawk-headed Lions of Beni-Hasan ; Egyptian
'Seraphim' and 'Cherubim'; Early Egyptian Griffins with Hawk's head and
Minoan derivations; Minoan Griffins in Flying Gallop'; Crested Eagle-
headed type ; The Egypto-Minoan Griffin—Peacock's plumes of Late Minoan
forms ; Galloping Griffin type traced to M. M. II; The Flying Gallop ' in
Art—introduced into Egypt from Crete; Examples on Queen Aah-hotep's
Dagger-blade ; ' Flying Gallop ' on M. M. Ill Sealings and Mycenae blades—■
parallel representations ; The ' Flying Leap ' on Cretan Seals—Recurrence on
Hyksos Dagger-hilt; Engraved M. M. II dagger-blade—illustrations of
Flying Gallop '; Fighting Bulls and Boar-hunt; The Boar-hunt in Minoan
Art; Converging evidence of Minoan character of Mycenae relics—Arms and
Goldsmiths Work.
The evidence given in the preceding- Section leads to the general Middle
conclusion that the Zakro Deposit, though it contains elements belonging Elements
to the early part of the Late Minoan Age, distinctly overlaps the Middle Hoard™
Minoan borders. Considerably over fifty per cent, of the Zakro types belong
to a remarkable class which stands altogether apart from the Late Minoan Fantastic
tradition. These designs, executed in a bold free style, exhibit a succession Types-
of fantastic and monstrous forms, one derived from another by a constant
differentiation of details. The overlapping of types, shown by the occur-
rence in many cases of more than one on the same nodule, and the general
similarity of style throughout, lead to the conclusion that we have not here
a gradual evolution of forms of a more or less unconscious nature, accom-