‘The Minotaur’ is a popular Greek myth – the brutal story of a half-man, half-beast trapped in a maze underneath the palace on the island of Crete in ancient Greece. But this story is not about a monster. Instead, it focuses on the Minotaur as a boy – a little minotaur named Asterion. Gaia’s vividly paints the minotaur as a gentle child who is happy amongst the birds and out in nature. With his bull head, he struggles to speak but is supported always by the love of his sister, Ariadne, and his mother, Queen Pasiphae. He can communicate in his own particular way and find the right word when he needs to. But as Asterion grows bigger and taller, and rumours on Crete begin to swirl around him about what he is and what he can do, he must fight against prejudice and shame to find his place in the world. He will learn that he is not a terrifying beast at all but a misunderstood boy called Asterion, deserving of love. And maybe … he can rewrite his own ending…
