Daedalus Daedalus, and he to Hephaestus, son of Zeus." This suggests that Daedalus was related to Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths, and therefore to Zeus himself. Daedalus is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne. He also created the Labyrinth on Crete, in which the Minotaur (part man, part bull) was kept. In the story of the labyrinth as told by the Hellenes, the Athenian hero Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help of Ariadne's thread. Daedalus' appearance in Homer is in an extended metaphor, "plainly not Homer's invention",
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