Minotaur

A Minotaur is a mythical creature from Greek mythology that has the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull.

The word "Minotaur" comes from the name of King Minos of Crete and the Greek word for bull, "tauros".

The Minotaur was the offspring of Minos's wife, Pasiphae, and a white bull that was sent by the god Poseidon.

Minos did not sacrifice the bull to Poseidon as he was supposed to, so Poseidon made Pasiphae fall in love with the bull.

She gave birth to the Minotaur, which was named Asterion.

The Minotaur grew up to be a violent and hungry beast that needed human flesh to survive.

Minos ordered the inventor Daedalus to build a huge maze called the Labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur.

Every nine years, Minos demanded that seven young men and seven young women from Athens be sent to the Labyrinth as a tribute to be devoured by the Minotaur.

This was a punishment for the death of Minos's son, Androgeos, who was killed by the Athenians.

The hero Theseus volunteered to be one of the tributes and managed to kill the Minotaur with the help of Minos's daughter, Ariadne, who fell in love with him.

She gave him a ball of thread to find his way out of the Labyrinth.

Theseus escaped with Ariadne and ended the terror of the Minotaur.

A Minotaur is a mythical creature that has the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull.

It is usually depicted with horns, fur, and hooves.

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of King Minos of Crete, and a white bull sent by Poseidon.

The Minotaur was confined in a maze-like structure called the Labyrinth, where it devoured human sacrifices until it was slain by the hero Theseus.

The Minotaur is a fantasy creature that is often depicted as having the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man.
It is a hybrid of a human and a beast, born from the unnatural union of Pasiphaë, the wife of King Minos of Crete, and a white bull sent by Poseidon.
The Minotaur was confined in a maze-like Labyrinth, where it fed on human flesh until it was killed by the hero Theseus.
The Minotaur is a symbol of savagery, violence, and monstrosity in Greek mythology and later fantasy works.

A Minotaur is a mythical creature that has the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull.
According to Greek mythology, the Minotaur was born from the union of Pasiphaë, the wife of King Minos of Crete, and a white bull sent by Poseidon.
The Minotaur was kept in a labyrinth designed by Daedalus and fed with human sacrifices until it was slain by the hero Theseus.

Some fantasy settings have different versions of minotaurs, such as those with hooves, fur, or horns of various shapes and sizes.
However, the common feature is that they are always half-man and half-bull.