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The name "Labyrinth" comes from the word "labrys" meaning "double-ax", and the dynasty of King Minos was referred to as the "House of the Double-Ax". ... Ruins at Knossos. The architectural complexity of this palace or temple compound may have inspired the myth of the Labyrinth. (zoom)
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www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/labyrinth.html
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Labyrinth (LAB-i-rinth). A fiendishly intricate maze devised by Daedalus to house the Minotaur. The myth of an impossibly complex series of corridors may have been inspired by travelers' tales of the historical palace or temple compound of Knossos.
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www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/labyrinth_c.html
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In Greek mythology Daedalus, an architect and inventor, designed the first labyrinth that imprisoned the Minotaur. This was a man-eating monster that was half man and half bull.
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library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/labyrin...
library.thinkquest.org/CR0210200/ancient_greece/labyrinth.htm
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Cosmos… temple, tomb and play (Feliu-Gonzalez) all suggest ways in which the Labyrinth may be approached. From ancient to modern culture, this archetype speaks of the genesis and its antithesis, of our human condition.
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www.alifeprolifique.com/page6.htm
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Ariadne's Thread and the Labyrinth in Classical Mythology ... Minos had Daedalus build a Labyrinth, a house of winding passages, to house the bull-man, the Minotaur, the beast that his wife Pasiphae bore after having intercourse with a bull.
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www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/info_labyrinth/ariadne.htm...
www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/info_labyrinth/ariadne.html
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According to Greek mythology, King Minos of Crete had the craftsman Daedalus construct the Labyrinth in order to conceal the Minotaur, the half-bull, half-human offspring of Minos' wife Pasiphae and a bull. For some unknown reason, Daedalus and his son Icarus were confined in the Labyrinth.
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www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html
www.crystalinks.com/labyrinths.html
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Information about the Labyrinth. ... In Greek mythology, the Cretan labyrinth was skillfully designed and constructed by the Athenian craftsman Daedalus as a maze prison for the Minotaur ― a part-man, part-bull man-eating monster ― commissioned by King Minos of Crete.
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www.occultopedia.com/l/labyrinth.htm
www.occultopedia.com/l/labyrinth.htm
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What we have in the Hopi labyrinth is a possibly imported symbol reflexive of their paradigmatic mythology that fits in exquisitely alongside other Native American traditions, such as the spiral dances, Woodhenge, etc..
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www.ashlandweb.com/labyrinth/laby.hist.html
www.ashlandweb.com/labyrinth/laby.hist.html
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"We're living increasingly in a culture of top 10 lists, of celebrity biopics that simplify the past as entertainment or mythology," he said.
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