Ancient/Mythological Mazes
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| − | + | So while the location or shape of this mythical maze becomes a grail quest, the labyrinth becomes the icon of the story of the maze and the two concepts become entangled. Mazes and labyrinths become places of beastial horror, puzzles that require the collusion of paramours. Mazes become elevated into the pantheon of heroic challenges, literally the stuff of legends. Without a doubt, this mythological status has fueled the search for physical mazes and labyrinths from antiquity to the present. | |
Other Egyptian Labyrinths date back to 3400 BCE and a labyrinth in the tomb fo King Perabsen of the Second Dynasty. | Other Egyptian Labyrinths date back to 3400 BCE and a labyrinth in the tomb fo King Perabsen of the Second Dynasty. | ||
