"He confronted the Minotaur."
-Poul Anderson, Satan's World IN Anderson, David Falkayn: Star Trader (Riverdale, NY, 2010), pp. 329-598 AT XV, p. 485.
Nicholas van Rijn describes the Shenn, Moath:
"Not Jove. The Minotaur. Raw power and maleness."
-op. cit., XX, p. 541.
James Bond confronts his first villain, Le Chiffre, across a baccarat table:
"...he might have been faced with a black-fleeced Minotaur rising out of a green grass field."
-Ian Fleming, Casino Royale (London, 1965), CHAPTER 11, p. 77.
In Greek myth, the hero, Theseus, slew the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. Poul Anderson's The Dancer From Atlantis features (a version of) the original Labyrinth and Theseus as a villain.
Powerful myths inform modern fiction. Tomorrow looks like being busy with minimal blog time. Keep reading!
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And the original Minotaur, or rather, the Minos, was simply the King of Crete, described in DANCER as a kindly old man who had been a good and strong king to his people. The Minos was transmogrified into a monster by the enemies of the Cretans!
Ad astra! Sean
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