Potnia
Neutral Minoan Great Goddess of Snakes and
Civilization
Tenets
of Potnia
* Always bear your breasts bare, encouraging feminine affluence and potency
* Promote trade, the
arts, beauty, and civilization
* Be generally peaceful,
but honor labryses (double-headed axes), snakes, and bulls...
* Perform horrific sacrifices from time to time too!
Priestesses
of Potnia
Special: Being usually peaceful
and matriarchal, there are no Minoan clerics per se, but only Minoan priestesses,
most of which follow Potnia. See Divinities & Cults: Volume II for
additional details on Minoan Religion.
Allowed Weapons: None, though they may
appear armed, bearing labryses, snakes, or simply their breasts.
Allowed Armor: None (see Weapons,
above)
Holy Symbols: Labrys, Bull, Snake
Can Turn: Any who wear shirts
(or at least shirts that don't reveal one's chest!)
Minoan Mysteries: Priestess
of Potnia always gain a +1 bonus to their casting rolls whenever their bare
breasts are bared.
Next week: Priestesses of Potnia, Part II!
