I loko o nā keʻena nui o ka Hale Aliʻi o Knossos, ma ka mokupuni ʻo Crete i ka lā, e waiho ana i kahi huna huna - ka mea huna o ka Minotaur.

ʻO ka moʻolelo o Knossos: ʻO ka lanakila o Theseus ma luna o ka Minotaur

I ka wā kahiko, ua noho aliʻi ʻo King Minos iā Kerete. He aliʻi ikaika a haʻaheo ʻo ia i hauʻoli i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā akua. Akā, ʻo kona hoʻokiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻāla ʻia ka huhū o Poseidon, ke akua kai. Ma ke ʻano he hoʻopaʻi, ua hoʻouna ʻo Poseidon i kahi lio keʻokeʻo nani i Kerete i makana no ke akua. Akā, ua mahalo nui ʻia ka Mōʻī Minos i ka nani o ka holoholona a ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e mālama iā ia i loko o kāna ʻohana aliʻi.

Ua huhū kēia hana iā Poseidon, nāna i hoʻohuli i ka hopena o ke kaikamahine a ke aliʻi, ʻo Pasiphaë. Ua kau ʻo ia i ka hōʻino iā ia i lilo ai kona aloha i ka lio. No ka manaʻo nui, ua huli ʻo Pasiphaë iā Daedalus, ka mea hoʻolālā akamai a me ka mea hoʻomohala, e kōkua iā ia. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Daedalus i kahi hopena maʻamau: he ʻano lāʻau i ke ʻano o ka bipi, kahi i moe ai ʻo Pasiphaë e hui pū me ka lio keʻokeʻo.

Mai kēia hui pōʻino i puka mai ai kahi mea, he hapa kanaka a me ka hapalua bipi - ka Minotaur. He mea weliweli ka nui a me ka pōloli weliweli, i paʻa i loko o ka labyrinth o ka Hale Aliʻi o Knossos, i kūkulu ʻia e Daedalus ponoʻī.

Ua ʻōlelo ka moʻolelo i kēlā makahiki i kēia makahiki ua koi ʻo Minotaur i ʻehiku mau ʻōpio a ʻehiku puʻupaʻa mai Athens i ʻauhau no nā hewa o King Minos. Ua lawe ʻia kēia mau mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia i loko o ka labyrinth e ʻai ʻia e ka moʻo weliweli.

Ua hoʻopau wale ʻia ke aupuni weliweli o Minotaur i ka wā i hōʻea ai ke koa wiwo ʻole a me ka maalea ʻo Theseus mai Athens i Crete, me ka manaʻo e hoʻopau i ka monster. Me ke kōkua o Ariadne, ke kaikamahine akamai a King Minos, ua hiki iā Theseus ke komo i ka labyrinth a kaua i ka Minotaur. Hāʻawi ʻo Ariadne iā ia i kahi kaula i hiki iā ia ke ʻimi i kona ala hoʻi. Me ka wiwo ʻole a me ka maalea maalea, ua lanakila ʻo Theseus i ka monster a hoʻokuʻu iā ia iho mai ka labyrinth.

ʻO ka moʻolelo o ka Minotaur o Knossos he moʻolelo o ka wiwo ʻole, ka mōhai a me ka lanakila o ka maikaʻi ma luna o ka hewa. He mea hoʻomanaʻo e hiki ke lanakila i nā mea weliweli loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka wiwo ʻole a me ka manaʻo paʻa e alo iā lākou.

Ka Minotaur