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
Return to Labyrinth the making of and commentary on the DVD release of "Labyrinth". Another book at the Ministry is titled "Legend of Dark Crystal", referring to Tokyopop's 2 part Manga series "Legends of the Dark Crystal" based on the Jim Henson film. Toby's Philosophy teacher, Glosspan, is a reference to the character Pangloss from "Candide" by Voltaire. In Toby's flashback, Sarah reads the phrase "When the Wizard awoke, the six colored suns were shining..." which is from "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz". Cob the Exile's tiny robot, Mandelbrot, addresses Jareth by saying, "Please state the nature of the medical emergency," a