Walking the Cosmic Beast (Altar Symbolism 2)

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The tail devouring serpent, known as the Ouroboros, is unarguably a cyclic symbol. In Norse mythology it is the sea-dwelling Midgard Serpent (Jormungand) that surrounds the world (Voluspa 50; Gylfaginning 34, 48; Skaldskaparmal 4; Hymiskvida 22; Husdrapa 4), making it a symbol of the cosmos, or like the Greek god Oceanos, the ocean deity that encircles the world [according to Homer Oceanos and Tethys gave life to all the gods], functions as a boundary dividing the creative cosmos from the chaotic cosmos, a liminal entity, upon the creative-destructive threshold of existence, embodying both principles, recreating itself through self-devourment.

Cernunnos Path: Walking the Cosmic Beast (Altar Symbolism 2)