Editing Demeter (section)

===In Crete===
In an older tradition in Crete the vegetation cult was related with the deity of the cave.<ref>Dietrich [https://books.google.com/books?id=TZVsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA169 p. 169].</ref> During the Bronze Age, a goddess of nature dominated both in Minoan and Mycenean cults. In the Linear B inscriptions ''po-ti-ni-ja'' (potnia) refers to the goddess of nature who was concerned with birth and vegetation and had certain chthonic apects. Some scholars believe that she was the universal mother goddess.<ref name="Dietriech181">Dietrich, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TZVsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 pp. 181–185].</ref> A Linear B inscription at Knossos mentions the potnia of the labyrinth ''da-pu-ri-to-jo po-ti-ni-ja''. Poseidon was often given the title ''wa-na-ka'' (''[[wanax]]'') in Linear B inscriptions in his role as King of the Underworld, and his title ''E-ne-si-da-o-ne'' indicates his chthonic nature. He was the male companion (paredros) of the goddess in the Minoan and probably Mycenean cult.<ref name="Dietriech181"/> In the cave of [[Amnisos]], ''Enesidaon'' is associated with the cult of [[Eileithyia]], the goddess of childbirth, who was involved with the annual birth of the divine child.<ref>Dietrich, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TZVsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA141 p. 141].</ref> Elements of this early form of worship survived in the Eleusinian cult, where the following words were uttered: "the mighty Potnia had born a strong son."