In Crete, part of Greece, the mother cult, is our pre European heritage. The Serpent archetype is plentiful.
There was cannibalism, war, earthquakes, and fire. But they were a culture of artistic innovation but not devout religious people at the outset
Female goddesses and priestess were highly visible. The kuros was a male breakaway cult. 1450 BC, the culture collapsed, and Greece began.
