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The constellation Hydra was known in Babylonian astronomical texts as Bašmu, 'the Serpent' (𒀯 𒈲, MUL.d MUŠ). It was depicted as having the torso of a fish, the tail of a snake, the forepaws of a lion, the hind legs of an eagle, wings, and a head comparable to the mušḫuššu. [9] [10]
the Great Jade Emperor [a] the Great Emperor of the North Star (Polaris) in the Purple Forbidden enclosure at the center of Heaven [b] the Great Heavenly Emperor of the Highest Palace of the Curved Array (Little Dipper) [c] the Empress of the Earth [d] The Great Jade Emperor is the head of all sky deities and
Mušmaḫḫū, inscribed in Sumerian as 𒈲𒈤 MUŠ.MAḪ, Akkadian as muš-ma-ḫu, meaning "Exalted/distinguished Serpent", was an ancient Mesopotamian mythological hybrid of serpent, lion and bird, sometimes identified with the seven-headed serpent slain by Ninurta in the mythology of the Sumerian period.
A unifying characteristic of all Indo-European mythologies is a story about a battle between a god of thunder and a huge serpent or a dragon. In the Slavic version of the myth, Perun is a god of thunder while Veles acts as a dragon who opposes him, consistent with the Vala etymology; he is also similar to the Etruscan underworld monster Vetha ...
In the legend, a gigantic white serpent killed some of the outlaws with its poisonous breath; the serpent was killed by a drunk Liu during the night. The next morning, the outlaws encountered an old woman along the road; when asked why she was crying she mysteriously disappeared after replying: "My child, the White Emperor 's son, has been ...
The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. K’uk’ulkan, also spelled Kukulkan (/ k uː k ʊ l ˈ k ɑː n /; lit. "Plumed Serpent", "Amazing Serpent"), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. [1]
An ouroboros in a 1478 drawing in an alchemical tract [1]. 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 Three Great Emperor-Officials (Chinese: 三官大帝; pinyin: sānguān dàdì), Sanguan, [1] or the Three Officials [1] are three of the highest shen in some branches of religious Taoism, and subordinate only to the Jade Emperor (玉帝 yùdì). The Three Great Emperor-Officials are the Heavenly Official (天官 tiānguān), the Earthly ...