I skydd av labyrinten : Labyrintmålningar i tre medeltida danska kyrkor

Sammanfattning: How come there are church frescoes depicting labyrinths in medieval Scandinavian churches? Which concepts and associations gave rise to the choice of motif? In order to try to find an answer I have investigated church frescoes in three medieval churches: Östra Karup (in the province of Halland), Båstad (Scania), and Gevninge (Zealand). I have also compared these with the large number of stone labyrinths, known as trojaborgar, from the Scandinavian Middle Ages. The use of trojaborgar in rituals related to fishing-luck, and the large number of stone labyrinths adjacent to burial sites, are also discussed in this essay, in relation to church frescoes.