Crossword clues for minotaur
minotaur
- Unimportant that Greek character cuts monster
- Labyrinth beast
- Mythical creature in Dante's "Inferno"
- Labyrinth dweller
- Labyrinth creature
- Mythical monster, half bull and half man
- Mythical monster of the Labyrinth
- Monster Mash, Part 5: Terror of the Legendary Bullheaded Reptile
- Labyrinth monster
- Labyrinth critter
- Half-bull, half-man of myth
- Center of a maze
- Bullish figure?
- Bullheaded type?
- Bullheaded person?
- Bullheaded one?
- Fearsome figure in Greek myth
- Figure at the center of a maze
- (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man
- Slain by Theseus
- Monster slain by Theseus
- Greek character pinned by relatively insignificant monster …
- Greek character captured by relatively small monster
- Greek character breaks petty Cretan cross
- Cretan labyrinth resident
- Child captures cross subterranean beast
- Slight hill some say is a monster
- Semi-human creature Greek character encountered in youth
- Hybrid child receiving letter from Athens
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minotaur \Min"o*taur\ (m[i^]n"[-o]*t[add]r), n. [L. Minotaurus, Gr. Minw`tayros; Mi`nos, the husband of Pasipha["e] + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasipha["e] and a bull: cf. F. minotaure.] (Class. Myth.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by D[ae]dalus in Crete.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Greek minotauros, from Minos, king of Crete + tauros "bull" (see Taurus). A flesh-eating monster, half man half bull, son of Pasiphae (wife of Minos) by a bull.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Greek mythology English) A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man. 2 Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength
Wikipedia
In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (, ; , , Etruscan: Θevrumineś) was a creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". The Minotaur dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.
The term Minotaur derives from the Ancient Greek , a compound of the name ( Minos) and the noun "bull", translated as "(the) Bull of Minos". In Crete, the Minotaur was known by its proper name, Asterion, a name shared with Minos' foster-father.
"Minotaur" was originally a proper noun in reference to this mythical figure. The use of "minotaur" as a common noun to refer to members of a generic species of bull-headed creatures developed much later, in 20th-century fantasy genre fiction.
Minotaur is a 2006 horror film, directed by Jonathan English. It stars Tom Hardy, Tony Todd, Ingrid Pitt and Rutger Hauer. It was filmed in Luxembourg.
The Minotaur is a family of American solid fuel rockets derived from converted Minuteman and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. They are built by Orbital Sciences Corporation via contract with the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Space Development and Test Directorate (SMC/SD) as part of the Air Force's Rocket Systems Launch Program which converts retired Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) into space and test launch systems for US Government Agencies.
Three variants of the Minotaur are currently in service. The Minotaur I is an orbital launch system used to launch small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). The Minotaur II is a target launch vehicle (TLV), also known as Chimera, used for suborbital flights, often as a target for tracking and anti-ballistic missile tests. The Minotaur IV is a more capable LEO launch system. The Minotaur V, which is designed to reach higher orbits, including geosynchronous transfer orbit ( GTO) and trans-lunar trajectories. A version under development: the Minotaur III, which will also be used for suborbital flights. The Minotaur I and II are derived from the Minuteman missile, while the Minotaur III, IV and V are derived from the Peacekeeper.
In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, minotaurs are a race of monstrous humanoids, resembling bull-human hybrids. Many minotaurs worship the demon lord Baphomet.
The Minotaur is a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull.
Minotaur may also refer to:
Minotaur is a box set of the first five studio albums by Pixies, released on November 24, 2009. The contents include new artwork by the original Pixies designer Vaughan Oliver and photographer Simon Larbalestier. The collection was released as a Deluxe Edition which includes the albums on gold-plated 24k layered CDs with a Blu-ray Disc and a DVD featuring a 1991 Brixton Academy show and all of Pixies' music videos, packaged with a 54-page book. The Limited Edition package comes in a custom clamshell with all the albums on 180-gram vinyl, along with a Giclée print of artwork made for the collection, and a 72-page hardcover book.
Minotaur is a Mini-LP from The Clientele. The album was officially announced and titled 17 July, 2010 on the band's official website.
Minotaur or Mini is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in the NEW-GEN comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Matonti, J.D. Matonti, and Julia Coppola, he first appeared in NEW-GEN #1 (2010). He is the oldest founding member of the A.P.N.G. and their field leader. He gained his powers when Deadalus released a nanobot swarm on New-Gen.
Minotaur was a novel by Benjamin Tammuz first published in English translation in 1981. The novel is a story of love and obsession with tragic consequences. Graham Greene declared that it was the "novel of the year" following its publication
The novel was made into a film of the same name in 1997 by director Jonathan Tammuz.
Minotaur is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Usage examples of "minotaur".
Several men tried to run back to the trail, but the huge form of the minotaur Brontes appeared, his double-headed axe slicing through their breastplates and helms.
Theseus then went off with Hercules in his war against the Amazons, where he took time to invade hell, marry an Amazon warrior, and explore the Labryinth of the minotaur in Crete.
I came from, there were myths about weird, intelligent creatures in the dim pastcentaurs and mermaids and pixies and fairies and flying winged horses and minotaurs and more.
It was hair that could turn the Medusa to stone, hair snakier than all the snake pits in a minotaur movie.
An outlandish delegate sustained against both these views, with such heat as almost carried conviction, the theory of copulation between women and the males of brutes, his authority being his own avouchment in support of fables such as that of the Minotaur which the genius of the elegant Latin poet has handed down to us in the pages of his Metamorphoses.
The Minotaur pursued, and of course he caught them, each one, and devoured her bloodily, and dragged her pale, defenseless body deeper into the maze.
PART III - HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR And at last they came to Crete, and to Cnossus, beneath the peaks of Ida, and to the palace of Minos the great king, to whom Zeus himself taught laws.
The Labyrinth at Cnossus in Crete, constructed by Dedalus for the safe keeping of the Minotaur, the fruit of Pasiphae's unnatural love.
Khazid'hea sliced right through the club, and as the minotaur stared at the remaining piece dumbfoundedly, Catti-brie countered with a slashing backhand.
Indeed, those fires engulfing the duo became a weapon, an extension of Regweld's fury when the wizard leaped Puddlejumper nearly a dozen yards, to land at the feet of two towering minotaurs.
Every school-child knows the legend of the labyrinth of Knossos, built to imprison the monstrous half-man half-bull known as the Minotaur, who fed on young men and maidens offered as tribute by the Greek cities that had been conquered by Crete.
I pointed out that it's our father who has been dishonorable, that he has always known the Minotaur wasn't a true god and had no right.
The Minotaur was born of the sacred bull, which was Poseidon's incarnation.
The Jaelre skirmished frequently with the minotaurs back then, and these caverns were guarded by both physical and magical defenses.
We have neither the skill nor the boldness of that profound philosopher whose autopsy of the human heart awoke North's contemplation, and we will not presume to set forth in bare English the story of this marriage of the Minotaur.