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What (who) is uroboros - definition
SYMBOLIC SERPENT WITH ITS TAIL IN ITS MOUTH
Oroborus; Uroboros; Ourobouros; Orobouros; Ouroborous; Oroboros; Ouroborus; Ouroroboros; Orbouros; Oroborous; Ouraboros; Urobos; Oroboro; Ourorboros; Ourboros; Snake that eats itself; Uroborus; Ourobourous; Ouroboreus; Snake swallowing its tail; Snake eating its tail; Snake eating its own tail; Draft:Ouroboros
![Marciana]] gr. Z. 299. (10th century)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chrysopoea of Cleopatra 1.png?width=200 "Marciana]] gr. Z. 299. (10th century)")
.png?width=200 "Kekulé's proposal for the structure of benzene (1872)")
![Kekulé]]'s inspiration for the structure of benzene](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ouroboros-benzene.svg?width=200 "Kekulé]]'s inspiration for the structure of benzene")
.svg?width=200 "Ouroboros swallowing its tail; based on Moskowitz's symbol for the constellation Draco")
![First known representation of the ouroboros, on one of the shrines enclosing the sarcophagus of [[Tutankhamun]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ägyptisches Museum Kairo 2016-03-29 Tutanchamun Grabschatz 09.jpg?width=200 "First known representation of the ouroboros, on one of the shrines enclosing the sarcophagus of [[Tutankhamun]]")
![A highly stylised ouroboros from ''[[The Book of Kells]]'', an illuminated Gospel Book (c. 800 CE)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KellsFol124rTuncCrucixerant.jpg?width=200 "A highly stylised ouroboros from ''[[The Book of Kells]]'', an illuminated Gospel Book (c. 800 CE)")
![Lambsprinck]]: ''De Lapide Philosophico''. E Germanico versu Latine redditus, per Nicolaum Barnaudum Delphinatem .... Sumptibus LUCAE JENNISSI, Frankfurt 1625, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_NHNKtBwYmgC&pg=PA17 p. 17].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ouroboros 1.jpg?width=200 "Lambsprinck]]: ''De Lapide Philosophico''. E Germanico versu Latine redditus, per Nicolaum Barnaudum Delphinatem .... Sumptibus LUCAE JENNISSI, Frankfurt 1625, [https://books.google.com/books?id=_NHNKtBwYmgC&pg=PA17 p. 17].")
![An engraving of a woman holding an ouroboros in [[Michael Ranft]]'s 1734 treatise on vampires](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tractat von dem Kauen und Schmatzen der Todten in Gräbern 001.jpg?width=200 "An engraving of a woman holding an ouroboros in [[Michael Ranft]]'s 1734 treatise on vampires")
![Seal of the [[Theosophical Society]], founded 1875](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theosophicalsealfrench.svg?width=200 "Seal of the [[Theosophical Society]], founded 1875")
uroboros
[?j??r?(?)'b?r?s]
(also ouroboros)
¦ noun a circular depiction of a snake or dragon swallowing its tail, symbolizing wholeness or infinity.
Derivatives
uroboric adjective
Origin
1940s: from Gk (drakon) ouroboros '(snake) devouring its tail'.
ouroboros
[?j??r??'b?r?s]
¦ noun variant spelling of uroboros.
Wikipedia
Ouroboros
The ouroboros or uroboros () is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition. It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and most notably in alchemy.
Some snakes, such as rat snakes, have been known to consume themselves. One captive snake attempted to consume itself twice, dying in the second attempt. Another wild rat snake was found having swallowed about two-thirds of its body.
