Labyrinths are different from mazes. A maze has branches and dead ends, and is intended to confuse you and get you lost—a labyrinth, on the other hand is unicursal: it only has one path, though that path folds back on itself and winds around in a confusing way. You can’t get lost in a labyrinth (no matter what the minotaur might say about it).
Humans have been drawing labyrinths for thousands of years. The classical seven-circuit labyrinth has been found all over the world but is especially prevalent in certain European neolithic sites. During medieval times the Christian church incorporated labyrinths into the tile floors of cathedrals like Chartes, and congregants would walk them as a spiritual meditation.
Labyrinths are great. If you’ve never walked one, you might be surprised by how they can manipulate your emotions. You think you’re almost at the center, but no! The path doubles back and you find you’ve got another however many circuits. Then just as you think you’ll never get there, suddenly you find yourself at your goal. It’s a good metaphor for life.