Devourer this instance, Ammit is not an agent of evil, but punishment for the guilty dead. In Greek mythology, there are a plethora of hungry monsters and vengeful gods, an example of which being the Minotaur. The Minotaur (which roughly translates to Bull of Minos) was the son of the Cretan queen Pasiphae and a bull. When the Minotaur was no longer satisfied with the nursing of his mother, it was found that he was very fond of eating human flesh. So Minos, the king of Crete and the Minotaur's step-father, ordered the great architect Daedalus to build a great labyrinth
Return to Labyrinth the making of and commentary on the DVD release of "Labyrinth". Another book at the Ministry is titled "Legend of Dark Crystal", referring to Tokyopop's 2 part Manga series "Legends of the Dark Crystal" based on the Jim Henson film. Toby's Philosophy teacher, Glosspan, is a reference to the character Pangloss from "Candide" by Voltaire. In Toby's flashback, Sarah reads the phrase "When the Wizard awoke, the six colored suns were shining..." which is from "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz". Cob the Exile's tiny robot, Mandelbrot, addresses Jareth by saying, "Please state the nature of the medical emergency," a