Modern understanding of Greek mythology mythology to the still poorly understood pre-Hellenic societies of Greece, such as the Minoans and so-called Pelasgians. This is especially true in the case of chthonic deities and mother goddesses. Historians of religion were fascinated by a number of apparently ancient configurations of myth connencted with Crete: the god as bull — Zeus and Europa; Pasiphaë who yields to the bull and gives birth to the Minotaur; agrarian mysteries with a sacred marriage (Demeter's union with Iasion) etc. Crete, Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes and Orchomenus figure so large in later Greek mythology. For some, the three main generations of gods in
Molus of Crete to their fatherland they died and were accorded a notable burial and immortal honours. And the Cretans point out their tomb at Cnosus, which bears the following inscription:""Behold Idomeneus the Cnosian’s tomb, and by his side am I, Meriones, the son of Molus."" ""Meriones, son of Molus and Melphis, from Crete, with 40 ships." [Catalogue of ships for the Trojan War]" Molus of Crete In Greek mythology, the name Molus (; Ancient Greek: Μῶλος "Molos" means "toil and moil") was the illegitimate son of Deucalion, son of Minos, king of Crete. He was the father, by Melphis or Euippe, of