Cretan Bull
demonic earth Greek single tradition · 3
A monstrous bull from Greek tradition.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Greek monstrous bull from mythology.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Crinaeae, Criosphinx, Crocotta, The Cu Bird, Cuco, Cucuy, Cuegle, Cuélebre, Curruid, Cu Sith, Cŵn Annwn, Cyhyraeth, Cynocephalus, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, Laelaps, Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Amalthea, Anemoi, Arion, Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses, Pasiphaë, curupira, Chullachaki, Cyclops, Medusa, Chromandi, Chrysaor, Chrysomallus, Chukwa, Chupacabra, Church grim, Churel, Chut, Ciguapa, Cihuateteo, Cikavac, Cinnamon bird, Cipactli, Cipitio, Cirein cròin, Coblynau, Cockatrice, Cofgod, Coinchenn, Colo Colo, Corycian nymphs, Karkinos
- consort of
- Pasiphaë
- syncretized with
- Poseidon
Mentioned by
- curupira
- Chullachaki
- Cyclops
- Medusa
- Chromandi
- Chrysaor
- Chrysomallus
- Chukwa
- Chupacabra
- Church grim
- Churel
- Chut
- Ciguapa
- Cihuateteo
- Cikavac
- Cinnamon bird
and 10 more
Sources
Source passages
“Cretan Bull (Greek) – Monstrous bull”
#4238 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Cretan Bull/Marathonian Bull, was the bull Pasiphaë fell in love with, giving birth to the Minotaur.”
#4607 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“One year, an extremely beautiful snow-white bull was born: the Cretan Bull. Minos refused to sacrifice the animal, and sacrificed another, inferior bull instead. As punishment, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë to experience lust for the Cretan bull.”
#16042 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001