Minotaur

 

 

ORIGIN

He is from Greek mythology.

 

FIRST SIGHTED/RECORDED

The tales are very old, possibly around 65 BC. There is even evidence to suggest that it may have came from the 13th century BC. It is hard to pinpoint them exactly.

 

APPEARANCE

He is most popularly depicted as having the head of a bull and the body of a man.

 

GENDER

Male.

 

ALSO KNOWN AS

In Crete, he is also known by his proper name, Asterion.

 

REPELLED BY

N/A

 

MAGICAL POWERS/SKILLS

He doesn't have any magical powers apart from superhuman strength.

 

HISTORY/ABOUT

His Father was a Cretan bull and his Mother was Pasiphae. King Minos prayed to Poseidon to send him a snow white bull as a sign of support, a bull that he was to also sacrifice in honour of the God. He received the bull, but was so overwhelmed by its beauty, he kept it and sacrificed one of his own bulls. Aphrodite punished him by making his wife, Pasiphae, fall deeply in love with the white bull. His mother had the craftsman, Daedalus, make her a hollow wooden cow so that she could mate with the bull. This is how he was conceived. His mother nursed him through his infancy but as he grew older, he became more ferocious. As he was an unnatural offspring, he did not have any natural source of nourishment so he could only eat man as this sustained him. Due to this, Minos had Daedalus build a gigantic labyrinth to contain him.

 

CAN BE FOUND

He is said to have lived in the center of the Cretan Labyrinth in Crete, Greece. His hideout was designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus.

 

TALES

There is a tale that says that Athens was compelled by the cruel plague to pay penalties for the killing of Androgeos, son of King Minos. Aegeus, King of Athens, averted the plague by sending 7 youths and 7 maidens, drawn by lots, every 7 or 9 years to be devoured by the Minotaur. Aegeus's son, Theseus, volunteered to slay the monster, promising his father that, if he was successful, he would put up white sails and if he wasn't, he would make his crew put up black sails. Both Mino's daughters, Ariadne and Phaedra, fell in love with Theseus. Ariadne helped him find his way through the labyrinth by giving him a ball of thread. He killed the Minotaur and rescued the remaining Athenians. He abandoned Ariadne on the island of Naxos and continued home with Phaedra, his future wife. He forgot to change his sails however and when his father saw the black sails, he presumed his son was dead and threw himself into the sea. Theseus then became king.

 

ANY SIGHTINGS?

There isn't any evidence of him so to speak but that doesn't stop rumours of sightings or encounters with him. Everything that I have seen on the internet so far is not to be trusted but I am sure something will come along one day that will prove me wrong,

 

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Apis, Shedu, Sarangay