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The Minotaur was a fearful hybrid creature; according to the writer Apollodorus, it “had the face of a bull, but the rest of him was human.” In many artistic depictions, the Minotaur also had a bull’s tail and an unusually hairy body. Ancient sources did not always specify which half of the Minotaur was bull and which half was man.
List of D&D Minotaur Names. Minotaurs have carved out a lasting legacy in the annals of fantasy at large, and D&D specifically, with characters like Silver Bells from Thomas Burnett Swann’s Minotaur Trilogy and Rintrah from Marvel’s Doctor Strange comics. Check out the list below for some inspiration as you quest for the perfect name for ...
The Minotaur by George Frederic Watts (1885). Tate Public Domain. Ariadne gave Theseus a ball of thread, which some sources claimed had been given to her by Daedalus, the architect of the Labyrinth. She instructed Theseus to unravel the thread as he passed through the maze-like Labyrinth until he found the Minotaur.
Theseus Slays the Minotaur. Shortly after meeting his father Aegeus in Athens, Theseus voyaged to the island of Crete as one of the fourteen “tributes” sent annually as a sacrifice to the Minotaur—a half-man, half-bull hybrid imprisoned in the Labyrinth. Theseus vowed to kill the Minotaur and end the bloody custom once and for all.
Daedalus was a craftsman from Athens who designed the famous Labyrinth—the prison of the Minotaur—and other marvelous creations for the Cretan king Minos. He and his son Icarus were imprisoned by Minos, but they managed to escape on wings that Daedalus had built.
Minotaur enters a rage-save state where he continuously recovers rage. The longer Minotaur charges this skill the more rage he recovers. If in a rage state, Minotaur smashes the ground 3 times, sending shockwaves that deal 180 / 240 / 300 (+85% Total Physical Attack) points of Physical Damage to surrounding enemies and slows them by 70%.
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The bull was so beautiful, in fact, that Minos’ queen, Pasiphae, fell in love with it. From their union was born a son: the half-man, half-bull Minotaur. When Minos failed to sacrifice the Cretan Bull to Poseidon, the god grew angry and made the creature go wild. Eventually, Heracles was sent to capture the bull as one of his Twelve Labors.
Theseus Slaying the Minotaur by Antoine-Louis Barye (1843) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Iconography. The Crommyonian Sow was one of Theseus’ less important conquests, but she did occasionally appear in ancient art, especially in Athenian vase painting from the fifth century BCE.
Acamas was a Greek hero and son of Theseus, the famous Athenian king best known for slaying the Minotaur. He fought in the Trojan War and later ruled Athens jointly with his brother Demophon.