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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 238089, member: 2844&quot;]The maze with the foot looks like an ancient European labyrinth, best known from the Minoan labyrinth in Crete, Greece:</p><p><img src="https://www.ancientworldwonders.com/uploads/posts/_2013/Minoan_Labyrinth/11.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In Europe the footprint would represent &#039;walking the labyrinth&#039;, a symbol for a spiritual journey, represented here in Chartres cathedral, France:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsacredcircleshilltop.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F02%2Fchartres.jpg&amp;sp=93ffac6ec0f4e5f208ce20b58dd2c9d3" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a 15th century labyrinth wall painting from a church in Sibbo Finland:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fw160842-freya.php5.dittdomene.no%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F10%2FLabyrinth-Finland.jpg&amp;sp=1318166e9b3c8e56623513809ec237f5" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The man in the maze in Papago and Pima, the O&#039;odham nations, tradition represents I&#039;itoi or Se:he, a trickster-like helper of the O&#039;odham people who introduced arts and law, but also war. He retired deep in a cave. The maze is like a map to find him. He is also called Big Man or Elder Brother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Man in the maze jewellery was first made by Tohono O&#039;odham (Papago) silversmiths about a century ago. The Hopi and Navajo pieces date from much later.</p><p>The intriguing combination of these two labyrinth traditions in one necklace seems New Age to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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