Question

Why do some scholars believe snake goddess is a deity?​ ​she displays power over animals. she wears the minoan goddess dress.​ she is posed frontally.​ she was found in a temple.​?

Answer 1

The answer is she displays power over animals. In mythology snakes were central to many because of the quality of being both exotic and familiar. It is also because the snakes behavior and facial features that implies that they were intelligent and they lived by reason and not in instinct.