Minotaur vs. Centaur — What's the Difference?

An antagonist in ancient Cretan tales.

A mythological being blending man and horse.

A symbol of the monstrous within humanity.

A symbol of mankind's dual nature.

A creature of King Minos's creation.

Featured in tales with Greek heroes like Hercules.

A mythical creature with a man's body and a bull's head.

Often portrayed as wild and untamed in myths.

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur ( MY-nə-TOR, MIN-ə-TOR, US: MIN-ə-TAR, -⁠oh-; Ancient Greek: Μινώταυρος [miːnɔ̌ːtau̯ros]; in Latin as Minotaurus [miːnoːˈtau̯rʊs]) is a mythical creature portrayed in Classical times with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete.

Represents the meeting of civilization and wilderness.

A monster who was half man and half bull, to whom young Athenian men and women were sacrificed in the Cretan labyrinth until Theseus killed him.

A centaur (; Ancient Greek: κένταυρος, kéntauros, Latin: centaurus), or occasionally hippocentaur, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.Centaurs are thought of in many Greek myths as being as wild as untamed horses, and were said to have inhabited the region of Magnesia and Mount Pelion in Thessaly, the Foloi oak forest in Elis, and the Malean peninsula in southern Laconia. Centaurs are subsequently featured in Roman mythology, and were familiar figures in the medieval bestiary.

(Greek mythology) Minotaur

Greek Mythology One of a race of monsters having the head, arms, and trunk of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

Anything resembling the Greek monster, whether by appearance or by strength.

(Astronomy) Any of a group of icy asteroids that orbit the sun primarily in the region between Jupiter and Neptune, whose orbits they cross. Some centaurs appear to be more like comets than asteroids.

A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Dædalus in Crete.

(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.

(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus

An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.

A tragic figure representing entrapment.

(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.

A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

A conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross