The figure of a goddess of nature, of birth and death was dominant during the Bronze Age, in both Minoan and Mycenean cults. In the Mycenean cult she was known by the title Potnia. The earliest references to the title are inscriptions in Linear B (Mycenean Greek) syllabic script found at Pylos and at Knossos, Crete, dated 1450-1300 BC. On a number of tablets from Pylos, we find "po-ti-ni-ja" ("potnia") without any accompanying word. Chadwick suggests that she was the mother-goddess of the Mycenaeans. It seems that she had an important shrine at the site "Pakijanes" near Pylos. Wanax ("wa-na-ka") was her male companion in the Mycenean cult, and this title was usually applied to the god Poseidon ("po-se-da-o") as king of the underworld. Another epithet of Poseidon was "e-ne-si-da-o-ne" ("earth-shaker") and in the cave of Amnisos (Crete) "Enesidaon" is related to the cult of Eileithyia. She was a goddess of nature concerned with the annual birth of the divine child. Potnia and her male companion ("paredros") survived in the Eleusinian cult, where the following words were uttered : "Mighty Potnia has born a strong son".