The sacred cave
In The Year-god’s Daughter, Aridela, Selene and Iphiboë sneak out of the palace to meet their fates. They travel by cart to Skotino Cave, which even these days attracts large numbers of tourists. It lies some distance to the east of Knossos.
Of course, in the Bronze Age, this cave would have had another name. I chose for my story The Cave of Velchanos.
Within the walls of Skotino, Aridela’s life forever changed.

Another sacred cave on Crete, Eileithyia [File:Cave of Eilithia.jpg|thumb|Cave of Eilithia]] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_of_Eilithia.jpg
Posted on October 29, 2011, in Cave of Velchanos and tagged ancient greek tales, crete, fertility, greek myths, historical fantasy, knossos, religion, sex, skotino cave, the year-god's daughter. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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