From that day forward, the queen cursed by the gods took more interest in animals than in humans, and the King of Crete evidently could not tolerate such matters happening to his queen.
Therefore, to solve the issue, he invited Daedalus to create a wooden cow for Queen Pasiphaë, later confining her within it.
No one knew why the king did this, since he surprisingly didn't forbid others to touch the wooden cow—there were also rumors claiming that this was a beautified version of history; in fact, Minos was initially unaware of the queen's curse, and the wooden cow had been commissioned by Pasiphaë herself to satisfy her bestial desires.
In any case, Daedalus truly had unparalleled skill; the wooden cow he built was incredibly lifelike, so much so that even real cows could not distinguish it from one of their own. As a result, the divinely gifted white bull, which had aroused the king's greed, was attracted to it and mated with her.
