entities: ENT_MYC_POTNIA

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_MYC_POTNIA Potnia   Mycenaean Great goddess / Divine mistress High Deity divine mistress; sovereignty; Mycenaean great goddess; Linear B; multiple sanctuaries       A           "The Mistress" (Greek po-ti-ni-ja, Linear B); the most prominent and frequently named deity in the Linear B tablets; appears both as a qualified title (Athana Potnia = Lady Athena at Knossos KN V 52; Potnia Iqeja; Potnia Aswia; Potnia of the Labyrinth; Potnia of the Horse) and as an unqualified absolute ("the Mistress" without further specification, most common form); the various Potnia qualifications suggest a single great goddess figure whose cult was differentiated by location and domain in different Mycenaean palatial centers; the unqualified Potnia may be the Mycenaean equivalent of the Minoan palace goddess, and is the probable substrate for multiple Classical goddesses; "Athana Potnia" at Knossos is the earliest certain attestation of Athena; the palatial economy suggests Potnia received the largest or most frequent offerings at several sites; the breakdown of the unified Potnia into distinct Classical goddesses (Athena, possibly Hera, the Eleusinian Demeter) is one of the key transformations of the Dark Age deity

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