Talk:Cultural History of Mazes
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| + | History [This is a little dull and probably way to long and fragmented] | ||
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| + | Certainly there is certainly more to be said about the cultural history of mazes -- but this is fairly | ||
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However, as Espen Aarseth argues, | However, as Espen Aarseth argues, | ||
Architectural mazes: church mazes, | Architectural mazes: church mazes, | ||
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Purposes of Labyrinths and Mazes: | Purposes of Labyrinths and Mazes: | ||
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# Protection: “to protect places of importance in their immediate vicinities” (13) | # Protection: “to protect places of importance in their immediate vicinities” (13) | ||
# Games: “Swedish peasants living in Finland used to use the stone mazes in that country for running games in which the young men would run through them to a girl at the centre” or alternatively “ a stone coffer grave at the center” (13). | # Games: “Swedish peasants living in Finland used to use the stone mazes in that country for running games in which the young men would run through them to a girl at the centre” or alternatively “ a stone coffer grave at the center” (13). | ||
