Pasiphaë
| Pasiphaë | |
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Sorceress goddess | |
Pasiphaë sits on a throne, a Roman mosaic from Zeugma Mosaic Museum | |
| Abode | Crete |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Helios and Perse or Crete |
| Siblings | Circe, Aeetes, Aloeus, Perses, Phaethon, the Heliades, the Heliadae and others |
| Consort | Minos, Cretan Bull |
| Children | Acacallis, Ariadne, Androgeus, Glaucus, Deucalion, Phaedra, Xenodice, Catreus and the Minotaur. |
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In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/pəˈsɪfiiː/; Ancient Greek: Πασιφάη, romanized: Pāsipháē, lit. 'wide-shining', derived from the dative plural πᾶσι pasi 'for all' and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos 'light') was the daughter of Helios, queen of Crete, and mother of the Minotaur. After her husband Minos failed to sacrifice the Cretan Bull to Poseidon as promised, the god cursed Pasiphaë to fall in love with the bull. She had Daedalus build a hollow wooden cow for her to hide in, which she then used to mate with the bull; afterwards, she gave birth to the Minotaur.