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The Bull was a central theme in the Minoan civilization, with bull heads and bull horns used as symbols in the Knossos palace.

Minoan frescos and ceramics depict the bull-leaping ritual in which participants of both sexes vaulted over bulls by grasping their horns.

See also " Minotaur and The Bull of Crete " ( below ) for a later incarnation to the Minoan Bull.