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| Tradition | Source | Passage | Confidence | Evidence | Record |
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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FOURTH / THE LOVE OF DIDO, AND HER END / BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET; lines 3187-3232 | medium | The boys gallop apart, deploy in threes, wheel back, charge with levelled arms, retreat, interlink circles, and perform an armed phantom battle. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIFTH / THE GAMES OF THE FLEET / BOOK SIXTH / THE VISION OF THE UNDER WORLD; lines 3469-3560 | high | The company approaches Trivia’s groves and the golden-roofed shrine; the doors display Daedalus’s flight and dedication, Androgeus, the Athenian tribute, Pasiphaë, the Minotaur, the maze, and the clue guiding the lover through the palace. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER / BOOK NINTH / THE SIEGE OF THE TROJAN CAMP; lines 5936-6013 | medium | The horsemen block roads and outlets; the forest is tangled with dark ilex and briars; Euryalus is hampered by boughs and spoil and misses the path while Nisus escapes and then looks back for him. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 1860-1970 | low | The narrator later searches the cemetery for four days but cannot identify the tomb, and his oath prevents him from telling others what happened to the prince. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 4312-4396 | medium | The party journeys across a vast plain toward a fair castle; after a day they are no nearer, and only after further days can they reach it. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA / BOOK IX / DRONA-BADHA; lines 4830-4970 | medium | On Abhimanyu's fatal day, Drona arranges a circular battle-line; the Pandavs cannot force a passage, but Abhimanyu enters alone and cuts through troops, animals, and standards. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | OF THE / PRINCIPAL TRANSFORMATIONS MENTIONED IN / THE METAMORPHOSES. / BOOK VIII.; lines 234-271 | high | Minos returns to Crete, has Daedalus help erect the Labyrinth, encloses the Minotaur there, and feeds it Athenian captives; Theseus slays the Minotaur, escapes with Ariadne's aid, deserts Ariadne on Dia, and Bacchus places her crown among the constellations. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XIV. / BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 635-725 | high | Minos resolves to enclose the monster in a many-divided abode full of mazes; Daedalus designs it with confusing marks and intricate passages compared to the winding Maeander. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 728-812 | high | Daedalus builds a labyrinth in Crete; a variant places Theseus’s fight in a cavern; Theseus either volunteers or is selected by lot; Ariadne’s thread is interpreted as a plan of the labyrinth; her Bacchus story is rationalized as marriage to a priest of Bacchus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 899-983 | medium | Daedalus builds the Labyrinth; one account says it followed the Egyptian Labyrinth, while another says it did not resemble it and was only a prison for criminals. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6834-6902 | low | Daedalus constructs the labyrinth for Minos, an intricate building, and Minos places the bull-human Minotaur in it. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES). / BELLEROPHON. / THESEUS.; lines 8505-8590 | high | Aphrodite inspires Ariadne’s attachment to Theseus; Ariadne secretly gives him a sharp sword and a clue of thread with instructions for finding and leaving the Minotaur’s lair. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12874-12978 | high | Völundarhaus is compared with the Cretan labyrinth; Völund and Dædalus escape by wings; Völund and Vulcan are smiths using craft for revenge. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI / CHAPTER XVII: THE NORNS / CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS; lines 6539-6657 | medium | He also compelled him to build an intricate labyrinth. | record |
| Greek | The Odyssey | BOOK VII / RECEPTION OF ULYSSES AT THE PALACE OF KING ALCINOUS. / BOOK VIII / BOOK IX; lines 4074-4168 | medium | Odysseus cuts about six feet from the Cyclops' green olive-wood club, has it smoothed, points and chars it, and hides it under dung in the cave. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | The Ramayan of Valmiki / CONTENTS; lines 278-475 | low | The search sequence titles include Sugríva’s tale, the return, the Asur’s death, Angad’s speeches and counsel, the enchanted cave, Svayamprabhá, the exit, Hanumán’s speech, Sampáti, Sampáti’s story, tidings of Sítá, the sea, the council, Hanumán, and Hanumán’s speech. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLIV. The Ring. / Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave.; lines 43443-43565 | high | The searchers reach the southern wooded mountains and see a large cave opening in a mountain side, covered with creepers, from which lake birds emerge. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43568-43738 | medium | The Vánars search the southern region, reach the ocean shore, collapse from hunger, and see a dark plant-covered opening in the ground from which wet swans and mallards emerge. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43568-43738 | medium | Tára urges the Vánars not to despair but to dwell in the ample magic-made cavern, with springs, fruit, flowering trees, and protection from enemies. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XLV. The Departure. / Canto XLVII. The Return. / Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit.; lines 43901-44053 | medium | Angad recounts Vanara lineage, Rama’s exile, Sita’s abduction, Jatayus’s fight and death, Rama and Sugriva’s covenant, Bali’s death, Sugriva’s search command, the month lost in Maya’s underground cavern, and the Vanaras’ resolve to fast and die. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | FOOTNOTES / ILIAD. XVII. 426. / GORRESIO. / MACBETH.; lines 64865-64999 | medium | Svayamprabha, the self-luminous, is discussed as identified by De Gubernatis with the moon and a good fairy; the note says Hanuman and companions wandered for a month in the cavern while searching for Sita, and Svayamprabha then led them out. | record |