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* The '''Labyrinth''' of Crete, housing the '''Minotaur''' — half-bull, half-man, child of King Minos's wife Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull. Seven Athenian youths and seven maidens were sent in as ritual tribute every nine years to be devoured; Theseus ends the sacrificial cycle. | * The '''Labyrinth''' of Crete, housing the '''Minotaur''' — half-bull, half-man, child of King Minos's wife Pasiphaë and the Cretan Bull. Seven Athenian youths and seven maidens were sent in as ritual tribute every nine years to be devoured; Theseus ends the sacrificial cycle. | ||
| − | * The myth reads as an 'archaic religion of sacrifice', the kind that Christianity was understood (by its own theologians) to supersede. Adjacent to the bull-horned imagery and the "god with horns" sample on [[Geogaddi]]'s "[[You Could Feel the Sky]]". | + | * The myth reads as an 'archaic religion of sacrifice', the kind that Christianity was understood (by its own theologians) to supersede. Adjacent to the bull-horned imagery and the "god with horns" sample on ''[[Geogaddi]]'''s "[[You Could Feel the Sky]]". |
* The Labyrinth is also a medieval Christian symbol — the cathedral-floor labyrinth of Chartres was walked as a substitute for the pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Sacrificial blood in the labyrinth layers pagan sacrifice on Christian pilgrimage. | * The Labyrinth is also a medieval Christian symbol — the cathedral-floor labyrinth of Chartres was walked as a substitute for the pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Sacrificial blood in the labyrinth layers pagan sacrifice on Christian pilgrimage. | ||
| Blood In The Labyrinth | |
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| Running time | 4:55 |
| Appears on | Inferno |
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