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The ouroboros is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death and rebirth; the snake's skin-sloughing symbolises the transmigration of souls. The snake biting its own tail is a fertility symbol in some religions: the tail is a phallic symbol and the mouth is a yonic or womb-like symbol. [9]
The Aurora house snake, [1] [2] [3] Aurora snake, African house snake, or night snake [1] (Lamprophis aurora) is a non-venomous species of lamprophiid snake.
Lamprophis aurora (Linnaeus, 1758) – aurora house snake; Lamprophis fiskii Boulenger, 1887 – Fisk's house snake, vulnerable (VU) Lamprophis fuscus Boulenger, 1893 – yellow-bellied house snake, near threatened (LR/nt) Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ...
Egyptian myth has had several snake-gods, from the 'coiled one' Mehen who assisted Ra in fighting Aapep every day to the two-headed Nehebkau who guarded the underworld. In Korean mythology, the goddess Eobshin was the snake goddess of wealth, as snakes ate rats and mice that gnawed on the crops.
This is a list of snake species known to be found in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] Concerns and listed statuses come from the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board's February 2011 Checklist of endangered and threatened animals and plants of Illinois and the Illinois Natural History Survey's website.
Henophidia is a former superfamily of the suborder Serpentes that contains boas, pythons and numerous other less-well-known snakes. [1]Snakes once considered to belong to superfamily Henophidia include two families now considered Amerophidia (Aniliidae – red pipe snakes, and Tropidophiidae – dwarf "boas" or thunder snakes), three families now considered Uropeltoidea (Cylindrophiidae ...
Absolutego is the debut studio album by Japanese experimental band Boris. [2] It was released in 1996 by Fangs Anal Satan. This album shows inspiration from the Melvins and, most prominently, Earth. Excluding the Merzbow collaboration Sun Baked Snow Cave, it is the only
Holotype of Lunataspis aurora Holotype of Lunataspis borealis The type species, L. aurora , was described from remains found in the Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits of the Stony Mountain Formation , central Manitoba by David Rudkin, Graham Young and Godfrey Nolan, from fossils found in northern Manitoba , Canada in 2005.