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serpent ,dragon orworm whoeats its own tail, arepresentation of the continuous cycle of life and death. - noun A
picture orsymbol representing this.
Etymologies
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code-name ouroboros - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson rambling about something or other since the 70s
code-name ouroboros - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson 2004
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Now, the ouroboros is a fairly common symbol from antiquity, so why a) Batman has never heard of it; and b) why he naturally assumes the biker dude has anything to do with the killings is never explained, but that's part of the fun - of course Meeks is involved in the bigger plot!
Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources Greg Burgas 2010
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His argumentation has always been a manifestation of the ouroboros.
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Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in publications such as qarrtsiluni, MAYDAY, ouroboros review, Mankind Magazine, Spoonful, and The Birmingham Arts Journal.
Hannah Stephenson: Poetry: Smithereens Hannah Stephenson 2011
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There is no end to this story, the worm ouroboros of consciousness.
Ambitious Cooper Renner 2011
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His writing has been published by qarrtsiluni, Thirteen Myna Birds, ouroboros review, Bolts of Silk, a handful of stones, The Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing and Good Gosh Almighty!
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So the demigoddess actually brings all the bad guys back to life, and the last page of the book literally returns to the first page--hence the ouroboros.
Stuff that Makes Tolkien Look Like a Radical Progressive Karen Burnham 2010
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This is symbolized in his ouroboros ring this ring, once mentioned, will have no further importance to the story.
Stuff that Makes Tolkien Look Like a Radical Progressive Karen Burnham 2010
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Here's my own immodest architectural proposal: each borough needs an architectural ouroboros.
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: The Bilbao Effect: Architecture of Pattern Interruption? 2010
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The ouroboros snake of architecture, that's been chasing form with function and function with form, is once again shedding its skin.
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: The Bilbao Effect: Architecture of Pattern Interruption? 2010
papageno commented on the word ouroboros
Click here: ouroboros.
November 21, 2007
seanahan commented on the word ouroboros
A couple years ago I was ONE letter away from making this word in Scrabble.
November 22, 2007
treeseed commented on the word ouroboros
"The Ouroboros, also spelled Ourorboros, Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. It has been used to represent many things over the ages, but it most generally symbolizes ideas of cyclicality, unity, or infinity. The ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations. More recently, it has been interpreted by psychologists, such as Carl Jung, as having an archetypical significance to the human psyche."
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January 25, 2008
cxkang commented on the word ouroboros
always liked this symbol, this image. was it used in conan the barbarian?--king thalsadoom's 'logo'
I think Schwarznegger spoke three or four words in that film.
April 22, 2009