The Minotaur is a mythological monster, half-man and half-bull.
Minotaur may also refer to:
Military
edit- Minotaur (rocket family), an American rocket designed to launch small satellites
- HMS Minotaur, a historical ship name of the Royal Navy
- MI AC Disp F1 Minotaur mine, a French scatterable anti-tank mine
- Minotaur class battleship, enlarged versions of HMS Achilles with heavier armament and armour, and more powerful engines
- Minotaur class cruiser (disambiguation), two classes of cruisers of the Royal Navy
- USS Minotaur (ARL-15), an Achelous-class landing craft repair ship
Art and entertainment
editFilm, television and theatre
edit- Minotaur (film), a 2006 horror film
- Minotaur, the Wild Beast of Crete, a 1960 Italian film
- The Minotaur (opera), a 2008 opera by Harrison Birtwistle
- "Minotaur" (Fear the Walking Dead), a television episode
- Minotaur, a Brazilian combat robot competing in BattleBots
Literature
edit- Minotaur (novel), a 1981 novel by Benjamin Tammuz
- The Minotaur, a 1989 spy thriller novel by Stephen Coonts
- The Minotaur (novel), a 2005 novel by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell)
- Minotaur (comics), different fictional characters appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics
- Minotaur (New-Gen), a fictional superhero in the NEW-GEN comic books published by Marvel Comics
- "The Minotaur", a chapter in the Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Music
edit- Minotaur (Pixies album), 2009
- Minotaur (The Clientele album), 2010
- "The Minotaur", a Moog instrumental by Dick Hyman, 1969
- "Minotaur", a song by Photek from Modus Operandi, 1997
Other art and entertainment
edit- Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete, a 1992 computer game
- The Minotaur (painting), an 1885 painting by George Frederic Watts
People
edit- "The Minotaur", the ringname of professional wrestler Steve DiSalvo (born 1949) during his run in World Championship Wrestling
- "Minotauro", the ringname of Brazilian mixed martial artist Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (born 1976)
Other uses
edit- Minotaur, the early development name of the application which became Mozilla Thunderbird
- Minotaure, a French surrealist magazine
- Minotaur beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus)