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Minotaur

The bull-headed monster hidden inside the Labyrinth of Crete.

Legend File

The Minotaur waits at the center of a designed nightmare. Born from divine punishment and royal secrecy, he is trapped inside the Labyrinth until Theseus enters with a thread to find his way back. The story is not only about killing a monster, but about surviving a system built to make escape impossible.

Source Framing

Greek myth of the Cretan Minotaur/Asterion, the Labyrinth made by Daedalus for Minos, and Theseus' escape with Ariadne's thread.

Archival-style labyrinth plate showing the Minotaur in a torchlit passage with horn, thread, stone, and maze studies.
Source reference Minotaur reference plate Greek myth of the Cretan Minotaur/Asterion, the Labyrinth made by Daedalus for Minos, and Theseus' escape with Ariadne's thread. Codex art session / Myth Atlas