Ioannis Metaxas chose the symbol for his fascist supremacy. The Labrys Symbol in the Modern Eraĭuring the 1930s and 1940s, the double-sided axe became a politicized symbol of Greek dictatorship. Alongside the Linear A inscriptions, a gold double-sided axe was discovered in a cave in Arkalochori (Crete). It was also used on crockery, especially plates, of the Linear Ceramics in Romania. Many symbolic representations of the labrys can also be found in other ancient cultures including European and African cultures. An ancient mosaic depicts an amazon warrior wielding an axe-like weapon during war. In Roman Crete, the labrys was used in association with the Amazons. In Indo-European mythology, the double axe is associated with Tahrun or Teshub – the thunder goddesses considered to be the predecessors of Zeus. However, the Greeks used the word pelekys instead of labrys to refer to Zeus’s axe. Originally, it was strongly associated with women, and it was long after the decline of Minoan civilization, the labrys started being associated with the male gods.įor instance, in Greek mythology, the labrys is an a ncient symbol closely associated with Zeus, the god of thunder and the most powerful god in Olympus, who was believed to have used his axe to summon storms. The symbol also signified rebirth and transformation. Historians and archeologists also believe that people from that era wore a stone axe talisman as it was believed to be thunderstone, worn in reverence of the thunder gods.
Archeology experts believe that the labrys on the altar of Knossos were worshiped as protective goddesses or lightning gods. Moreover, the labrys was also used by Minoan priestesses to slaughter animals, such as bulls, for religious sacrifices.ĭuring the Mycenaean period, around 1600 to 1100 B.C., the double-axe was used to represent lightning. If a woman carried a double-headed warrior axe in the Minoan civilization, she was assumed to have a powerful position in society. The labrys was the symbol of Mother Goddess and denoted the authority of women, female deities, and matriarchy. Labrys, The Double Axe by Vitalii Gaidukov The Labrys: Meaning and Symbolism Some examples of the double-headed axe were discovered at the site of the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. The labrys was a sacred symbol of the Minoan religion during the Bronze Age. It was excavated in northern Greece in Paleokastro, an ancient settlement near Siatista. But the oldest discovered labrys was from 100.000 years B.C. The Origin of The Labrys SymbolĮxperts believe that the labrys axes were used before 1600 BC. The labrys symbol represents multiple socio-political, religious, historical, and mythical movements and reverent figures. That is why the labrys symbol is also associated with a part of the female genitalia known as labia, i.e., the entrance to the vaginal canal and womb.Īlternatively, the word “labrys” is said to have been derived from the Lydian word for axe.
The word “labrys” stems from the Latin word “ labus”, meaning lips. Labrys, the Double-sided Axe by Michelaubreyphoto
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