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Pasiphae is the wife of King Minos and daughter of the sun, cursed by Poseidon with desire for a magnificent white bull her husband refused to sacrifice. With a hollow wooden cow built by Daedalus, she conceives the Minotaur, half-man and half-bull. Minos hides her monstrous son away in the Labyrinth.
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The Minotaur
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- Who is Pasiphae?
- Pasiphae is the wife of King Minos and daughter of the sun, cursed by Poseidon with desire for a magnificent white bull her husband refused to sacrifice. With a hollow wooden cow built by Daedalus, she conceives the Minotaur, half-man and half-bull.
- Which mythology does Pasiphae belong to?
- Pasiphae belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Pasiphae appear in?
- Pasiphae appears in The Minotaur, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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