On ancient Crete, women occupied a significant place in society.

Few signs of a male-dominated society: no walled citadels, no fortifications, no temples to the gods, no large public sculpture, no clear evidence of a hierarchically structured society ruled by kings and priests, no boastful inscriptions.

Artwork shows priestesses played a dominant role in ceremonies. Women far outnumber priests and male attendants in the paintings.

Others goddesses are suggested - a goddess of the caves, a tree goddess, a dove goddess - It is unclear whether or not the Minoans worshipped them as individual, specialized divinities or as aspects of a single Great Goddess.