Editing Cretan Bull (section)

== In popular culture ==
* [[Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]] is one of the oldest observed constellations, and has been variously connected with the abduction of [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]], the seduction of [[Io (mythology)|Io]], and the Cretan Bull.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tyj8UUE968wC&dq=cretan+bull&pg=PA34 Falkner, David E., "Winter constellations", ''The Mythology of the Night Sky'', The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 2011] {{ISBN|9781461401377}}</ref> The Taurid meteor shower is named after the radiant point in the constellation Taurus, from where they are seen to come. Occurring in late October and early November, they are sometimes called "Halloween fireballs".
* Charles Bertram Lewis sees the episode of the Monstrous Herdsman in [[Chrétien de Troyes]]' ''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', essentially a re-telling of the story of "Theseus and the Minotaur".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ogyfs2d3guAC&dq=cretan+bull&pg=PA179 Lewis, Charles Bertram. ''Classical Mythology and Arthurian Romance'', Slatkine, 1974]</ref>