The Minotaur in House of Leaves The Minotaur in House of Leaves The Minotaur or Minotauros was the son born of lust to Queen Pasiphae of Crete and a bull. He had the body of a man and the head of a bull and was more beast than human. The creature was banished by King Minos to reside in the centre of a labyrinth in Knossos built by the ingenious architect Daedalus and his son Icarus. The Minotaur was nursed by Queen Pasiphae as a child but grew to devour humans, so he was safely put away in the maze contrived so carefully and trickily that
The Minotaur in House of Leaves how Minos develops a paternal love for the tender beast. This is perhaps a very subtle clue about Zampano's personal life with him filling the shoes of King Minos. The Minotaur could also be a representation Johnny himself because like the Minotaur Johnny was a deformed child raised by an insane mother and lives in his own labyrinth of sex, drugs and pointless fights. The point is the struck passages are not to elude the readers of its purpose but rather draw more attention. Most people would interpret the house's changing dimensions as a manifestation of the explorers' thoughts, memories,