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Ebon_Moon |
1. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 9:22 AM EDT
It was the son of the kings wife i believe, who mated with a bull, the bull she mated with was a god, though i can't recall which god. The offspring was the Minotaur, who ate human flesh and was kept in a labyrinth 'neath the city and was fed virgins, untill it was slain.
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Universalstar |
2. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 3:36 PM EDT
wrong. the bull was sent out of spite (by either Athena or Poseidon for one reason or another). the spiteful god laced a curse on the Queen, making her fall madly in love with the bull
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King's.Call |
3. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 4:25 PM EDT
Poseidon send the bull. It was known as the Blue Bull and was in many Greek Myths and featured Thesus and Hercules.
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Universalstar |
4. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 5:46 PM EDT
thank you, that's what i thought, but wasn't sure
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Ebon_Moon |
5. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 5:56 PM EDT
I was talking about the Minotaur. it is the son of Pasiphae and a Bull, the word Minos means bull. Poseiden sent a bull from the sea as a sacrifice, prayed for by Minos. When his wife saw the creature, she fell in love with it and bore it's children, the Minotaur.
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Universalstar |
6. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 6:02 PM EDT
we now, but you said the bull was a god, i merely corrected you
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Ebon_Moon |
7. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 6:04 PM EDT
I did? Oh sorry for that hehehe. Ok yes, it was sent by a god.
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King's.Call |
8. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 8:56 PM EDT
The minotaur is actually responisble for many deaths, by direct or indirect actions. It was Daedalus who built the maze and was imprisoned afterwards. He and his son flew away from the prison on wax wings and as we all know his son was killed during this. And in a way, the minotaur is Poseidon's grandchild because the Blue Bull was Poseidon's child and the Blue Bull was the father to the Minotaur. Also Poseidon gave Athens the gift of the horse. So bulls and horses? Guess Poseidon was eyeing for Demter's spot as a farm deity. Do you find this valuable? |
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Universalstar |
9. RE: minotaur
Jul 18 2010, 9:24 PM EDT
more like ranch god, but somehow "God of the Sea" sounds more regal...
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Ebon_Moon |
10. RE: minotaur
Jul 19 2010, 9:48 AM EDT
"The minotaur is actually responisble for many deaths, by direct or indirect actions. It was Daedalus who built the maze and was imprisoned afterwards. He and his son flew away from the prison on wax wings and as we all know his son was killed during this.Hehehe, not too sure why. being Lord of all the Ocean's is by far, much better than lording it over some chickens and farm lands. I did hear a story, in which Poseiden destroyed Atlantis. I'm not too sure if it is a real part of mytholgoy and folklore, but i heard it nonetheless. Do you find this valuable? |
Dous777 |
11. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 4:35 AM EDT
They say the place was intertwined with many water ways. So if he wanted to destroy a place, then Atlantis would have been the place to best destroy.
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Ebon_Moon |
12. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 5:35 AM EDT
"They say the place was intertwined with many water ways. So if he wanted to destroy a place, then Atlantis would have been the place to best destroy."Why was Atlantis destroyed anyway? Do you find this valuable? |
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Dous777 |
13. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 6:45 AM EDT
Returned a library book late.No wait, it was because their society and culture began to contest the gods. They had been allowed it until they suddenly went war like and began attacking other countries. It was after their failed naval attack on Greece that the place disappeared. Do you find this valuable? |
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Ebon_Moon |
14. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 9:18 AM EDT
Sounds like a poor excuse to wipe out an entire island nation, so really the gods feared their advancing technology and culture?
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Universalstar |
15. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 9:58 AM EDT
pretty much. Oceanus and Poseidon took it down with a few sea monsters, earthquakes, and storms. and big Z threw some lightning too
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Ebon_Moon |
16. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 10:00 AM EDT
"pretty much. Oceanus and Poseidon took it down with a few sea monsters, earthquakes, and storms. and big Z threw some lightning too"Zeus just didn't want to be left out, so he tossed some lightning bolts in it's general direction, just so he wasn't upstaged by the guys doing the real work hehehe. Do you find this valuable? |
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Dous777 |
17. RE: minotaur
Jul 22 2010, 10:44 AM EDT
"It's okay. As long as we stay in this really tall tree none of the flooding or sea monsters can get us."*Tree struck by lightning* Do you find this valuable? |
