 | John Seely Hart - 1853 - 200 pàgines
...CHAPTER XVI. — 1, " Minotaurum ;" Greek MMWJ, a king of Crete, and tavpof, a bull; the Minotaur was a monster, with the body of a man and the head of a bull, the offspring of Pasiphae, wife of Minos ; the Minotaur was shut up in a labyrinth, and fed on... | |
 | Kālidāsa - 1855 - 330 pàgines
...or immediately adjacent to Kaill,sa, the paradise of Kuvera the god of wealth. It is here described as the mountain of the Kimpurushas, or servants of...monster, with the body of a man and the head of a horse, and are otherwise called Kinuara. i ' 4 Kns'Ial,a. Kasyapa was the son of Brahma's son, Marichi... | |
 | Kālidāsa - 1856 - 306 pàgines
...connexion with cloudy or rainy weather. 113 Golden-peak. of Kuvera, the god of wealth. It is here described as the mountain of the Kimpurushas, or servants of...of monster, with the body of a man and the head of u horse, and are otherwise called Kinnara. 114 Kasyapa. Kasyapa was the son of Brahma's sou, Marichi;... | |
 | Kālidāsa, Sir Monier Monier-Williams - 1876 - 396 pàgines
...immediately adjacent to Kailasa, the paradise of Kuvera, the god of wealth, as it is here described as the mountain of the Kimpurushas, or servants of...monster, with the body of a man and the head of a horse, and are otherwise called Kinnara (aiva-mukha, turangamukha). This mountain is also here described... | |
 | Kālidāsa - 1885 - 278 pàgines
...or immediately adjacent to Kailasa, the paradise of Kuvera, the god of wealth. It is here described as the mountain of the Kimpurushas, or servants of...monster, with the body of a man and the head of a horse, and are otherwise called Kinnara. n* Kasyapa. Kasyapa was the son of Brahma's son, Marichi ;... | |
 | Gordon Jennings Laing - 1903 - 534 pàgines
...nine years seven boys and seven girls to Crete, to be devoured by the Minotaur. 2 Wife of Minos. 8 A monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull. * The Minotaur was kept in the labyrinth built by Daedalus. 6 Ariadne, daughter of Minos, who... | |
 | William Edward Frye - 1908 - 452 pàgines
...act of kissing his hand as if to thank him for his deliverance; the Minotaur is here represented as a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull); a Centaur carrying off a nymph; a car 262 drawn by a parrot and driven by a cricket : a woman... | |
 | Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks - 1910 - 296 pàgines
...by him.—labyrinth (l&b'I-rfnth): a place full of winding passageways.— Minotaur (min'6-tar): a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull. HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR At last they came to Crete, and to the palace of Minos the great... | |
 | Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks - 1911 - 424 pàgines
...inflicted by him.—labyrinth (ISb'I-rlnth): a place full of winding passageways.— Minotanr (mm'6-tar): a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull. HOW THESEUS SLEW THE MINOTAUR At last they came to Crete, and to the palace of Minos the great... | |
 | James George Frazer - 1912 - 332 pàgines
...lovesick queen was hidden while the bull mounted it. The result of their union was the Minotaur, a monster with the body of a man and the head of a bull, whom the king shut up in the labyrinth, a building full of such winding and intricate passages... | |
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They are a dwarfish kind of monster, with the body of a man and the head of a horse, and are otherwise called Kinnara. 
