Maze's have been around for thousands of years, and symbolize the twisted path of life and fate? What were used by the ancient Egyptians to torture their prisoners with, but at the same time are used by some for recreation and sport? What have caused the inspiration of Greek myths, and can often cause ordinarily intelligent people to cringe with claustrophobia and refuse to have anything to do with them?

Mazes and Labyrinths are vast, fantastic creations, and are one of the only things that take compliment from being told that they're worthless objects that waste both people's time and money. The whole purpose of a Maze is to bewilder and confuse the uninitiated. A Maze generally consists of a goal to be reached, and some starting point to try to reach it from. These points are either within the body of the Maze itself, or are out on an edge.

There is usually only one correct path from start to finish, and along the way are many junctions with additional passages leading the solver astray. These passages themselves fork, and eventually do one of two things: The passage becomes a dead end, or it closes in on and makes a loop with itself or another passage separate from the solution. Either way the one solving the Maze must backtrack and try another route, until he (to his joy) makes it to the exit, or (to the joy of the Maze's creator) quits and gives up. A Maze that uses closed loops in its creation, although harder to create, can be more difficult to solve then an ordinary Maze of the same size, because it is harder for the solver to know when he's taking the wrong path.- Author Unknown