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Which type: story or encyclopedia? Minotaur, Greek Minotauros (“Minos’s Bull”), in Greek mythology, a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a snowwhite bull sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it. Her child by the bull was shut up in the Labyrinth created for Minos by Daedalus. A son of Minos, Androgeos, was later killed by the Athenians; to avenge his death, Minos demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens should be sent every ninth year (or, according to another version, every year) to be devoured by the Minotaur. When the third time of sacrifice came, the Athenian hero Theseus volunteered to go, and, with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, he killed the monster and ended the tribute. Theseus escaped with Ariadne. A modern version of the tale is told in Mary Renault’s novel The King Must Die (1958). King Minos of Crete was a powerful man, feared by the rulers of the lands around him. When he demanded goods or men for his great armies, they felt they had to agree. When he demanded they send tributes to honour him, they sent them without question. It was the only way they could stop him going to war with them. But his demands on Athens became too much for them to bear. King Minos had a great palace built for himself. Inside this palace, Minos had built a giant maze, a Labyrinth, and, at the centre of the maze, he kept a terrifying creature, - the Minotaur. Now this was no ordinary animal; it was a monster, half man and half bull. It was powerful, and savage and it loved to eat the flesh of the humans who had been shut into the labyrinth by King Minos. They would wander through the maze, completely lost, until at last they came face to face with the Minotaur. Not a great way to die really. So what are the ‘rules’? Narrative Story – chronological Good beginning Descriptive More in depth info on background, setting etc Longer length Longer sentences More punctuation – “” Include text types For pleasure Encylopedia Factual Not descriptive No speech Advanced language Has references Immediately into info For education Older audience Shorter sentences but longer paragraphs Our ideas for today: • The manticor • A lion like looking creature with the ability to adopt human stance and movements • Aggressive and violent • Lives in rocks and deep caves • Protective and befriended the God Kerucles who entered the caves to find his kidnapped daughter • Manticor falls in love with her but she is fearful of him • Kerucles repays Manticor by leaving his daughter with him. She becomes his servant and then Queen • In time they rule their Kingdom Where has the writing met the ‘rules’ for this type? Our ideas for today: • The manticor • A lion like looking creature with the ability to adopt human stance and movements • Aggressive and violent • Lives in rocks and deep caves • Protective and befriended the God Kerucles who entered the caves to find his kidnapped daughter • Manticor falls in love with her but she is fearful of him • Kerucles repays Manticor by leaving his daughter with him. She becomes his servant and then Queen • In time they rule their Kingdom Where has the writing met the ‘rules’ for this type? HW: Choose EITHER the encyclopedia entry or the story Apply the ‘rules’ fully and write up for your own creature Due Thursday 15th May