Minotaur

Anglicized form of Greek , derived from Minos and tauros) meaning "bull". In Greek legend the Minotaur was a half-bull, half-man monster who was the son of Pasiphaë (the wife of King Minos of Crete) and a bull. He lived in the Labyrinth on Crete where he ate human sacrifices, but was eventually slain by Theseus.