1. By Brandon W. Berg
the MINOTAUR

2. The origin or beginning of the character
•The Minotauros was a bull-headed monster born to Queen Pasiphae of Krete after she coupled with a bull •Zeus sent a bull to Queen Pasiphae. Pasiphae fell in love with the bull. Queen Pasiphae was so in love with bull that she dressed up as a cow to have sex with the bull. Queen Pasiphae got pregnant from the bull. Queen Pasiphae gave birth to a half human, half bull •Queen Pasiphae named the half human, half bull Minotaur • Minotaur is a compound word consisting of the ancient Greek name "Μίνως" or "Minos" and the noun "ταύρος" or "bull • The half human, half bull had a human face and the horns of a bull. The rest of him was human.

3. The character’s specialty or power
•The Minotaur was made a man eating monster.
•King Minos was embarrassed so he hid the monster in the Labyrinth (maze) constructed by Daedalus at the Minoan Palace of Knossos.
•The labyrinth was such a complicated construction that no one could ever find the way out alive

4. A Defining story about the character
The Minotaur lived at the center of the Labyrinth, which was a terrible maze construction designed by the engineer Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Anyone who went in to the Labyrinth maze could never find their way out and mostly were kill and eaten by the Minotaur. Until Theseus half god, half human killed and defeated the Minotaur.

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Resources
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greekmythology.com/myth-of- theseus-and-minotaur/