Talos plug referred to the lost-wax method of casting. Robert Graves (whose interpretation of Greek mythology is controversial among many scholars) suggests that this myth is based on a misinterpretation of an image of Athena demonstrating the process of lost-wax casting of steel, which Daedalus would have brought to Sardinia. Talos In Greek mythology, Talos, also spelled Talus (; , "Talōs") or Talon (; , "Talōn"), was a giant automaton made of bronze to protect Europa in Crete from pirates and invaders. He circled the island's shores three times daily. Talos's bronze nature suggested to the author of "Bibliothēkē" that he
Escape from the Island of Aquarius island of Aquarius to locate MacKenzie, a missionary who, until his note was found, had been presumed dead. Following their arrival on the island, a Polynesian man who speaks little English but seems to recognize MacKenzie's name brings the Coopers to a village that seems more American than Polynesian, where the village's leader greets them and identifies himself as MacKenzie. He explains that the man found on the raft, who was known as Tommy, was a victim of a deadly curse known as "Moro-Kunda"; the Coopers are skeptical of the idea of a curse. A man appears by the edge