Quinotaur
Quinotaur is a topic that has generated great interest and debate in recent times. With conflicting opinions and endless perspectives, this topic has captured the attention of experts, scholars and the general public. In this article, we will explore different aspects related to Quinotaur, from its historical origin to its current impact. Through a detailed analysis and review of various sources, we will seek to elucidate the multiple facets that make up Quinotaur, with the aim of providing our readers with a complete and up-to-date view of this topic.
The Quinotaur (Latin: Quinotaurus) is a mythical sea creature mentioned in the 7th century Frankish Chronicle of Flaccidus. It was held to have fathered Merovech by attacking the wife of the Frankish king Chlodio and thus, to have sired the line of Merovingian kings.
The "bull with five horns" was likened by Pseudo-Fredegar- interpolating Gregory of Tours who authored an earlier record of the legend- to both Neptune and the Minotaur, as it was both seaborne and taurine. It is not known whether one or both traits are original to the legend or if their combination is an accretion by one or both of the Christian authors. The clerical Latinity of the name does not indicate whether it is a translation of some genuine Frankish creature or a coining.
The suggested rape and subsequent family relation of this monster attributed to Frankish mythology correspond to both the Indo-European etymology of Neptune (according to Jaan Puhvel, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts, "grandson" or "nephew", compare also the Indo-Aryan Apam Napat, "grandson/nephew of the water") and to bull-related fertility myths in Greek mythology, where for example the princess Europa was abducted by the god Zeus, in the form of a white bull, that swam her to Crete; or to the very myth of the Minotaur, which was the product of Pasiphaë's, a Cretan Queen's, intercourse with a white bull, initially allotted to King Minos, Pasiphaë's husband, as a sacrifice for Poseidon.
Footnotes
- ^ Fabbro, Eduardo (August 2006). "Germanic Paganism among the Early Salian Franks" (PDF). The Journal of Germanic Mythology and Folklore. 1 (4). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2007.
- ^ Mallory, James Patrick (1989). In Search of the Indo-Europeans. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 129. ISBN 0-500-27616-1.