Minotaur
Bull-headed maze prisoner
The Minotaur is the bull-headed monster of Greek mythology, offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull sent by Poseidon.
King Minos imprisoned it in the Labyrinth beneath Crete, where it devoured Athenian youths until the hero Theseus navigated the maze and slew it.
The creature symbolizes the monstrous and the hidden—what civilizations confine but cannot destroy. (Lowercase minotaur refers to the creature type in fantasy settings.)
Puzzle of passages
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
- IcarusMythical overreacher who fell
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
- CreteLargest Greek island
passages · corridors · thread · escape · prison · architecture · twisting · underground
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- hornsBony animal projections
- hybridThing of mixed parentage
- monsterFrightening imaginary creature
- hoovesUngulate foot coverings
snout · bovine · humanoid · savage · fearsome · cannibalistic · monstrous · trapped
Greek sea deity
- curseInvoked harm through words
- bullSteer before castration
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
shame · divine · offspring · unnatural · birth · disgrace · concealment
maze
Puzzle of passages
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
- IcarusMythical overreacher who fell
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
Crete · passages · corridors · thread · escape · prison · architecture · twisting · underground · torchlight
bull-headed
Stubbornly refusing to yield
hooves · snout · bovine · humanoid · savage · fearsome · cannibalistic · monstrous · trapped · cursed
Poseidon
Greek sea deity
punishment · shame · divine · offspring · unnatural · birth · disgrace · concealment
Theseus
Athenian hero, beast-slayer
hero · Athens · tribute · victory · courage · quest · combat · confrontation · triumph · rescue
youths
Persons not yet adult
fourteen · victims · devouring · ritual · annual · offering · lottery · grief · feeding · captives
- GreeceAcropolis, Parthenon, Athens, Greek, Hellenic
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- Aegean AntiquityMinoan, Mycenaean, Knossos, Troy, Crete
- CreteKnossos, Minoans, Minoan, Phaistos Disc, Ariadne
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero