Minos



In Greek mythology, Minos (Greek: Μίνως, Minōs) was a king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. In “The Broken and the Damned,” Minos takes his place as the “Judge of the Dead.”

As one of the Nine Lords of the Men of the Black Hood, he sits at the entrance to the second circle in the Inferno, which is the end of the first circle. As the Lord of Limbo, he judges the sins of each soul and assigns it to its rightful punishment by indicating the circle to which it must descend. He does this by circling his tail around his own body the appropriate number of times. He can also speak, to clarify the soul’s location within the circle indicated by the wrapping of his tail.

He has not been seen or heard from since the most recent of the Nine Lords’ monthly councils by any of the other Nine Lords.