The Corrupted “Wheel of Life”: An Essay on Ouroboroses
The focus of this article is a symbolic image often found in world mythology – a giant snake or a dragon biting its own tail. This image is usually denoted by the Greek word “ouroboros” (οὐροβόρος), which means literally “eating its own tail.” This essay is devoted to an interpretation of this symbo...
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De Gruyter
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Open Theology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2024-0030 |
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