Many stories have been recorded...
of the ancient times.
Behind even the greatest myths...
there is a history now long forgotten.
ln the age of gods and spirits...
the known world was ruled by a dark empire...
from their island palace of Minos.
They worshipped the bull...
the most powerful of all gods.
The tablets recount that as the empire grew...
their hedonism and greed knew no bounds.
The people longed for more than stone deities.
They demanded a living god.
ln response, sickened minds indulged...
in the forbidden arts...
and decreed the queen should offer herself to the bull...
to create the perfect being...
a unification of god and man.
For 1 3 months the creature grew inside her...
pure, precious.
Every care bestowed.
To ensure safe passage into our world...
it was cut from the queen's belly.
Suckled on the blood of its own mother...
the newborn was presented to the people.
The palace hailed their creation...
and the power of the empire strengthened.
But as the beast grew, so did its hunger.
ln revenge for the murder of a royal prince...
a grave tax was placed upon my village, Thena...
in the northern territories.
Every three years, eight youths would be taken...
to the palace by royal soldiers...
lowered into the labyrinth...
and sacrificed to the beast.
Help me! Help me!
The empire of the bull seemed invincible...
as the fifth sacrifice drew near.
Go ahead.
The leper.
My father says she never comes but with an omen.
lt means they're coming.
We saw her in the forest again---- the old woman.
Danu thinks she's a sign that the horned soldiers will come.
He also says that the moon slid across the ocean...
and fell off the earth.
l miss her, Father.