. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Fig. 127.—Scandinavian Stone Labyrinth. (O. Rudbeck, 1695.) Jericho. In the neighbourhood of Viborg they areknown as Jatinkatu (Giants Street), Kivitarha (Stone-fence), or Lissabon. In Lappland a common term is Babylon\ in Iceland,where the mazes are sometimes formed of earth, the nameapplied is Volundarhus (Wielands, or Weylands, House). In Norway and Sweden they are sometimes calledNunnentarha (Nuns Fence), Jungfrudans (MaidensDance), or Rundborg (Round Castle), and on an island inthe Kattegat the name Trelleborg (T
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. Fig. 127.—Scandinavian Stone Labyrinth. (O. Rudbeck, 1695.) Jericho. In the neighbourhood of Viborg they areknown as Jatinkatu (Giants Street), Kivitarha (Stone-fence), or Lissabon. In Lappland a common term is Babylon\ in Iceland,where the mazes are sometimes formed of earth, the nameapplied is Volundarhus (Wielands, or Weylands, House). In Norway and Sweden they are sometimes calledNunnentarha (Nuns Fence), Jungfrudans (MaidensDance), or Rundborg (Round Castle), and on an island inthe Kattegat the name Trelleborg (The Trolls, or Giants,Castle) is found; but more frequently they are known by150 some name akin to our Troy-town, such as Trojin,Trojeburg, Trojenborg, or Troborg. Another name some-times associated with them was Steintanz (Stone Dance).The Wisby labyrinth is named Fig. 128.—Danish Runic Stone Cross, with Labyrinth Figure.(O. Worm, 1651.) That labyrinths of some kind were also known in oldenDenmark appears from the works of the seventeenth-century Danish antiquary Olaf Worm, one of whosewoodcuts (Fig. 128) shows the symbol engraved on anancient cross. *5* We see then that John Aubrey (see p. 136) was notaltogether speaking at random when he stated his beliefthat we received these Mazes from our Danish ances-tors. In fact, he based his observations on the works ofthe Danish and Swedish writers just referred to. If, as the above considerations lead us to guess, theuse of labyrinthine figures was a common feature of thenorthern peoples before the Norse invasion of Britain,we may wonder whether there is any evidence of the useof the symbol by earlier inhabitants of the same parts;are there any indications of this nature to be found amongthe relics of prehistoric man in the northern countries? Well, there are certain remains which have been heldto
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