I'm going to be looking here at the Minoan White Goddess and her female companions, the whiteness needs emphasis in that this is the primary mode of
recognition for these figures, in paintings were the general Minoan populace is seen as of a ruddy brown colouring...the Whiteness hence defines
her.
It isn't simply the case that it was conventional to depict women paler, that this was cosmetic, or they didn't get outside much. As can...