Minotaur

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legendary creature monster mythological creature

The Minotaur is a legendary creature from Greek mythology, depicted as a fearsome monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull that dwelled in the Labyrinth of Crete.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Minotaur canonical 23
Asterion 2
Minotaur (Greek mythology) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary creature ⓘ
monster ⓘ
mythological creature ⓘ
appearsIn Roman art ⓘ
classical Greek art ⓘ
fantasy role-playing games ⓘ
modern literature ⓘ
modern visual art ⓘ
associatedWith Labyrinth motif ⓘ
bull symbolism ⓘ
category Greek legendary creatures ⓘ
monsters in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological human–animal hybrids ⓘ
culture Greek mythology ⓘ
defeatedWithAidItem Ariadne's clew ⓘ
surface form: Ariadne's thread
defeatedWithAidOf Ariadne ⓘ
designedPrisonBy Daedalus ⓘ
etymology Cretan Bull ⓘ
surface form: "Minos' bull"
fedOn Athenian maidens ⓘ
Athenian youths ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasBodyPart body of a man ⓘ
head of a bull ⓘ
imprisonedIn Labyrinth ⓘ
inhabitsStructure maze ⓘ
keptBy Minos ⓘ
surface form: King Minos
killedBy Theseus ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Crete ⓘ
mentionedIn Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Ovid "Metamorphoses"

Life of Theseus ⓘ
surface form: Plutarch "Life of Theseus"

Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
surface form: Pseudo-Apollodorus "Bibliotheca"
mythType hero-and-monster tale ⓘ
nameInGreek Minotaur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Μινώταυρος
notableFeature bull horns ⓘ
great strength ⓘ
hybrid human-animal form ⓘ
opponent Theseus ⓘ
parent Cretan Bull ⓘ
Pasiphaë ⓘ
relative Minos ⓘ
surface form: King Minos
residence Knossos ⓘ
labyrinth of the Minotaur ⓘ
surface form: Labyrinth of Crete
symbolOf bestiality ⓘ
chaos ⓘ
imprisoned violence ⓘ
savagery ⓘ
victimOf Athenian tribute ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minos → associatedWith → Minotaur ⓘ
Minos → keptPrisoner → Minotaur ⓘ
Theseus → killed → Minotaur ⓘ
Theseus → enemy → Minotaur ⓘ
Surrealism → hasPublication → Minotaur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minotaure
HMS Minotaur → namedAfter → Minotaur ⓘ
Europa → consort → Minotaur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asterion
Europa → spouseAfterZeus → Minotaur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Asterion
Minoan civilization → associatedWithMyth → Minotaur ⓘ
labyrinth of the Minotaur → associatedWithCreature → Minotaur ⓘ
subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
labyrinth of the Minotaur → contains → Minotaur ⓘ
subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
labyrinth of the Minotaur → guardedBy → Minotaur ⓘ
subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur
Ariadne → enemy → Minotaur ⓘ
Greek mythology → hasCreature → Minotaur ⓘ
GreekMonsters → includes → Minotaur ⓘ
Pasiphaë → motherOf → Minotaur ⓘ
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → partOf → Minotaur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minotaur myth
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → associatedWith → Minotaur ⓘ
Athenian tribute of youths and maidens → victimsOf → Minotaur ⓘ
Labyrinth → builtToConfine → Minotaur ⓘ
Labyrinth → contains → Minotaur ⓘ
Labyrinth → associatedWithCreature → Minotaur ⓘ
Minotaur → nameInGreek → Minotaur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Μινώταυρος
myths of Theseus → featuresCharacter → Minotaur ⓘ
Androgeus → associatedWith → Minotaur ⓘ
Theseus and the Minotaur → depicts → Minotaur ⓘ
Theseus and the Minotaur → subjectHeading → Minotaur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Minotaur (Greek mythology)
Immortals → featuresMythologicalFigure → Minotaur ⓘ
Cretan cycle of myths → featuresCharacter → Minotaur ⓘ