[Stones] Gotland / Breamore

[Thelma Wilcox]

Knew Ric had got it wrong, but was too tired to reply, Heywood Sumner also has one of his soft  watercolour  paintings of the miz maze in his Book of Gorley. He says that "the early uses of labyrinths seem to have been as prisons, and as burial places"  When the church took over from the pagan use of labyrinths, it was used as an instrument of penance for non-fulfilment of vows of pilgrimage to the Holy Land.(you had to go round on your knees)  He actually gives a lot of information, several other mazes as well....
  Thelma
  

Gerald Ponting <gponting at clara.net> wrote:
      Ric wrote :   Breamore in Dorset?  ................   AAARGH !!
   
  Breamore (pronounced Bremmer) is in Hampshire and always has been, unlike some of the neighbouring parishes which have fluctuated between Hampshire, Wiltshire and Dorset over the centuries. I was brought up in Breamore, still live less than 25 miles away and have co-written and published five books and booklets on the history of the village, including my illustrated childhood reminiscences and a best-selling 8-page guide to the Miz-Maze. (see http://home.clara.net/gponting/index-page9.html)
   
  Though much larger in diameter, the Breamore labyrinth has exactly the same pattern as the Chartres Cathedral floor tile 'maze'.
   
  Thanks to David for the link to http://www.labyrinthsociety.org which I had not come across before - especially the ref. to the little carved stone labyrinth pattern which I'd photographed last year on a wall near the main door of Lucca Cathedral in Tuscany, on which I'd not found any information.
  Gerald
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Thelma Wilcox <thelmawilcox at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:     Could it be the miz- maze Breamore you thinking off, it looks vaguely similar.....
  Thelma

Ric <megalith6 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    again: fascinating
   
  but the layout of that Gotland labyrinth looks somehow familiar - i'm sure i've seen similar labyrinthine designs elsewhere, but i just can't remember where?
   
  ric
  

Judith Helling <jhelling at btinternet.com> wrote:
          Maize mazes have got very popular, there's been one near here in Cumbria for a few summers now.
  But mazes are different from labyrinths, which have one way in to the centre and one way out again, without all the false trails and cul-de-sacs of mazes.
  The Scandinavian labyrinths were made by fishermen, I think, who ran through them before setting sail, thus confusing and losing any following trolls and ensuring a safe, troll-free trip.
  Am I right Vidar?  Great pics, many thanks.
  Judith 
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ric 
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  Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 10:42 AM
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  Fascinating!
   
  Questions:
   
  Stone Circle at Trullhalsar (Anga) – this looks like a stone circle with a single stone at its centre?
   
   
  the Trojaborg (labyrinth) at Fröjel: how old is this please? 
   
  I know nothing factual about prehistoric(?) labyrinths – there is supposed to be a ‘maze’ near to Avebury, but what form it takes I have no idea? I might be mistaken though – I keep seeing a roadside sign advertising a maze north of Avebury?
   
  (or are these directions to the M4?)
   
  lol
   
  Thanks Vidar!
    
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