. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ding figure is a simplerepeated meander, it has been supposed that the typicallabyrinth design arose by elaboration of the resemblance between this form and the very wide-spread and primitive sign known as the fylfot or svastikahas also attracted some attention. It is a somewhat longstep, however, from a loose combination of meanders likethat shown in, say, Fig. 20, to the compact conventionallabyrinth of Fig. 30. The adoption of the former designmay possibly have been inspired by the fresco on one ofthe w
. Mazes and labyrinths; a general account of their history and developments. ding figure is a simplerepeated meander, it has been supposed that the typicallabyrinth design arose by elaboration of the resemblance between this form and the very wide-spread and primitive sign known as the fylfot or svastikahas also attracted some attention. It is a somewhat longstep, however, from a loose combination of meanders likethat shown in, say, Fig. 20, to the compact conventionallabyrinth of Fig. 30. The adoption of the former designmay possibly have been inspired by the fresco on one ofthe walls of the Minoan palace, to which we have madereference in Chapter VI (Fig. 8), portions of whichmay have been visible among the ruins for severalgenerations. There does not appear to be any evidencethat the complex meander pattern of the fresco was on the part of the Minoans to an actual construc-tional labyrinth; it may quite well have been a purelyornamental conception, without any symbolical signifi-cance. Meander designs were used by the Minoans at a42. Fig. 12. Bronze Double Axe from Tomb of the Double Axes.(From Airhieologta, by kind permission of the Society of Antiquaries and Sir Arthur Evans) (sec page 33) Umm^
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