Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)
Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 238
olundarhus (Wielands, or Weylands, House). In Norway and Sweden they are sometimes calledNunnentarha (Nuns Fence), Jungjrudans (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… … 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. We see…
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