Term Papers on Labyrinths And Mazes

Term Paper Title	Labyrinths And Mazes
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Labyrinths and Mazes

Labyrinths and mazes have been around for

literally thousands of years. They have special

uses in all fields and studies for humankind.

Mazes are used to not only study humans and their

intelligence, but also that of animals. Mazes and

labyrinths are used in so many ways it may boggle

the mind. They are used to test memory, to

entertain, to provide good story plots for cheesy

movies, sometimes even those movies that aren't

so cheesy, and in some places provide decoration.

Labyrinths also provide the basis for some

excellent games and hours of fun for the kids whose

parents just don't feel like dealing with them at

the time. Then, last but not least, labyrinths and

mazes can provide excitement in books you just

can't put down, and puzzles which seem almost

impossible to solve for those people who test their

minds to the limit for fun.

The word labyrinth comes from a Latin word,

"labrys" which means "double-axe". One can only

speculate why they would call it that, but it does

make sense. Labyrinths were built to protect, but

what if the person trying to be protected was lost

in it. A double-bladed axe would be similar. It can

be used to defeat the enemy as long as the other

side of it does not defeat the allies. Labyrinths

could be used to protect all sorts of things. The

Egyptians used them to protect riches and even

important bodies. In one instance, in Cretian

mythology, the labyrinth was built by Daedalus for

King Minos to protect the people of Crete from a

minotaur. Instead of it keeping him from completing

the labyrinth, it kept him inside so he could do

the people no harm. He was lost inside of it until

Theseus came and killed him.

Labyrinths and mazes aren't just used for

protection, though. In some places, like England,

and some churches, labyrinths were used for

decoration purposes. In the churches they were put

on the floors to symbolize the hard times of the

followers of that church. In England they would

have huge mazes put around fountains or out in

their gardens. Even today people use mazes for

decorations in their gardens. People pay large sums

of money to companies who speci...

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