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The ouroboros or uroboros (/ ˌ j ʊər ə ˈ b ɒr ə s /; [2] / ˌ ʊər ə ˈ b ɒr ə s / [3]) is an ancient symbol depicting a snake or dragon [4] eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition .
Mask of Dzunukwa face (Museum of Anthropology at UBC) Dzunuḵ̓wa (pronounced "zoo-noo-kwah"), also Dzoonookwa, Tsonoqua, Tsonokwa, or the Basket Ogress, is a figure in Kwakwakaʼwakw mythology and Nuu-chah-nulth mythology. According to some, she is a female Sasquatch ("Bigfoot" or Sabe).
Uroboros is an outdoor 1979 sculpture by Charles Kibby, located at Westmoreland Park in the Sellwood neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon. [1] It is a modern depiction of the uroboros , an ancient Egyptian and Greek symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail .
The comedy and tragedy masks are a pair of masks, one crying and one laughing, that have widely come to represent the performing arts. Originating in the theatre of ancient Greece , the masks were said to help audience members far from the stage to understand what emotions the characters were feeling.
The Benin ivory mask is a miniature sculptural portrait in ivory of Idia, the first Iyoba (Queen Mother) of the 16th century Benin Empire, taking the form of a traditional African mask. [1] The masks were looted by the British from the palace of the Oba of Benin in the Benin Expedition of 1897 .
Following the theme of his The Origins and History of Consciousness (1949; 1954), [37] Neumann first tracks the evolution of feminine archetypes from the original uroboros (primordial unconsciousness). These archetypes become articulated from the "Great Round". [38] "The psychological development [of humankind]... begins with the 'matriarchal ...
A replica helmet showing designs 1, 2, 4 and 5, located (1) above the eyebrows and on the cheek guard, (2) on the skull cap, (4) on the cheek guard [note 7] and skull cap, and (5) on the face mask Weighing an estimated 2.5 kg (5.5 lb), the Sutton Hoo helmet was made of iron and covered with decorated sheets of tinned bronze.
Uroboros Glass was an art glass manufacturer in Portland, Oregon. [1] History. The company was founded by Eric Lovell in 1973. [2] In the late sixties, Lovell had ...