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home > learn about mazes > types of mazes Maze Types and Topology: A SummaryEver wonder what kinds of mazes are out there to confuse you? Most common mazes fall into several basic categories. If you know the type of maze you are facing, this could affect your maze-solving strategy. Here are the basic types of mazes:
Most modern maze makers create either multiply-connected, weave or logic mazes. Many mazes are a combination of types. For example, quite a few outdoor mazes are multiply-connected weave mazes, because they have passages that connect back and forth as well as passages that go over or under other passages (via bridges, tunnels, etc.). Computer-generated mazes can be of any type, but the printable kind are usually simply-connected mazes. ![]() Dole Pineapple Plantation Maze Mazes and Labyrinths — the differencesWhat is the difference between a maze and a labyrinth? Most people today think of a labyrinth—such as the one at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco—as something with a single path that winds into the center. To get back out you simply have to retrace your path. In contrast, a maze is a left-brain puzzle, often with false passages, many choices, and dead ends. Whether it is on a piece of paper or outdoors—like the enormous Dole Pineapple Plantation maze in Hawaii—you can get lost and confused in a maze. The idea that labyrinths have a single path arose only in the last century. In the ancient world, a labyrinth was an inextricable construction that was chaotic and confusing for those trapped within it. Theseus, after all, got lost in a labyrinth and needed a golden thread to find his way out. Unless he was quite dimwitted, he was exploring what we would today call a maze. To those able to see its pattern from afar an ancient labyrinth also revealed its order and artistry. It was a place of planned chaos where the labyrinth designer attempted to outwit the labyrinth explorer. The mysterious Egyptian Labyrinth is a famous example of an ancient labyrinth. |
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