Similar Myths to Theseus: The Minotaur and the Labyrinth in Other Cultures
Hero Slays Monster
The legend of Theseus and the Minotaur follows a pretty classic pattern. Some awful monster is off doing something bad somewhere, so some hero has to go kick its butt. A ton of this kind of behavio...
Minotaur = Moloch
The Minotaur has a whole lot of similarities to Moloch, who was an ancient god from the Near East, who was worshiped in particular by the Phoenicians. Like the Minotaur, Moloch was depicted as havi...