Ouroborus/Ouroborus

Ouroborus is the "snake that bites its own tail" (serpens qui caudam devorat) which appears, perhaps, for the first time around 1600 BC in Egypt (around 1200 BC in China), then among the Phoenicians and then with the Greeks. It is also found in other myths, such as in the Nordic myths, where the snake's name is Jormungandr. In India it is the dragon surrounding the tortoise which in turn supports the four elephants that carry the world. He is also sometimes represented as one or two dragons, or rarely one or two long-necked birds (in these cases taking the name of Auryn). Ouroboros has many hidden meanings. In this book all the most important stories are told. The best known meaning is linked to time, referring above all to cyclical perpetuity, to the inevitable and regular renewal of cycles whose uninterrupted succession forms eternity. A universal symbol, all to be discovered.