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Antike, alte Petroleumlampen aus dem Historismus/Gründerzeit, Jugendstil und Art Deco. Restauriert, zur Anwendung in Innenräumen. Antique, old kerosene and oil lamps.

The connection betwen Poseidon and Crete is the subject of volatility and reverence. As island, Crete was careful to honour the god properly, in recompense for the slight of their forefather… King Minos. One of the most compelling of myths, the Minotaur has its origin on Crete. It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a snow-white bull sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it. Her child by the bull was shut up in the Labyrinth created for Minos by Daedalos