Minotaur

His enormous muscles bulge beneath his tiny, sweat-soaked clothing. The Minotaur is not only repulsive, but also has a terrible attitude and a temper that burns like a furious lion hunting its prey. Silently, the Minotaur hides behind the cold stone pillars, waiting for its next defenseless victim.

The story of the Minotaur's birth is quite unusual, as is often the case with many myths. Apparently, Minos, son of Zeus, asked Poseidon for help so that his people would acclaim him as king. The sea god caused a beautiful white bull to emerge from the waters and asked that it be sacrificed in exchange for the favor. But the animal was so beautiful that Minos disguised it in his herd and sacrificed another, hoping that Poseidon wouldn't notice. The deity learned of the deception and, as revenge, caused Minos's daughter, Pasiphaë, to fall in love with the bull. In fact, she devised a plan to lie with it, disguising herself as a cow. From that union the Minotaur was born, half man-half bull.

The Minotaur turned out to be a savage monster that grew wilder as it aged. It only fed on human flesh, so measures had to be taken to keep it at bay. Daedalus built a labyrinth full of crisscrossing passages and imprisoned the mythological being there for all eternity. However, after a war between the inhabitants of Crete and Athens, the oracle of Delphi recommended that seven men and seven women be offered as tribute to the Minotaur each year, who would also serve as its food. This was the punishment that fell upon the Athenian people, the losers of the battles.

One of the most fascinating is the one surrounding the figure of the Minotaur, famous for its terrifying appearance: a fantastic creature with a colossal human body and a bull's head.