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Re: [HM] Fwd: Mazes and Labarinths
Posted:
Jun 19, 2001 1:17 PM
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Dear all,
I was a-mazed to find out that in (my) Portuguese I could not find two
words like maze and labyrinth. We do have 'labirinto', though.
My Collins dictionary also a-mazed me. There I found:
maze: 1. a complex network of paths or passages, esp. one with high
hedges in a garden, designed to puzzle those walking through it.
and,
labyrinth: 1. a mazelike network of tunnels, chambers or paths, either
natural or man-made.
Maybe that is the difference: mazes are always man-made, while
'labyrinth' covers both the natural and the man-made cases, as in the
Portuguese language.
I guess this agrees with what Peter Schreiber said
> In my opinion ...[a] maze is a game...
but there are situations (like in the movie 'The Shining') where one has
to face a maze without global information.
all the best,
Romulo
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