The Ouroboros symbol is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake or dragon eating its own tail. It symbolises the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
One of the earliest known ouroboros motifs appears in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text from the 14th century BCE. It depicts two serpents holding their tails in their mouths, symbolizing the beginning and end of time.
The ouroboros entered Western tradition through Greek iconography and magical practices. It frequently appeared on magical talismans during Roman times.
The symbol was adopted in Gnostic and Hermetic traditions, emphasizing unity and eternal cycles.
The ouroboros is a common motif in alchemical illustrations, representing transformation and the cyclical nature of existence.
Carl Jung associated the ouroboros with the concept of individuation and the integration of opposites.
In the 19th century, the German chemist August Kekule von Stradonitz envisioned the benzene ring structure after a vision of the ouroboros.
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