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The Minotaur

"I Was a Child Once"

Born in a prison, fed on strangers, and then a hero showed up.

Song 18 of Gods of the Dial

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Figures in this songThe MinotaurTheseus

The myth, as it's usually told

The Minotaur

Poseidon cursed Pasiphae, queen of Crete, to desire a bull, and she gave birth to Asterion, half man and half bull. King Minos had the architect Daedalus build the labyrinth to hide him, and fed him young Athenians sent as tribute. Theseus volunteered as one of the tribute, killed the Minotaur, and found his way out with Ariadne's thread.

What the song hears

The reframe

A child born in a prison and fed to the dark. In this telling, Theseus is the invader.

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