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Here, the five-headed Tripurantaka is seen pointing an arrow towards the Tripura (rightmost top corner) with the bow made of Mount Meru, the serpent Vasuki is seen as its string. The four headed god Brahma is seen as the charioteer. The moon and the sun are depicted as the wheels of the chariot.
Wallace Stevens, in a poem of the 1930s, writes: "The sense of the serpent in you, Ananke, / And your averted stride / Add nothing to the horror of the frost / That glistens on your face and hair." [ 21 ] This connects with Stevens's sense of necessity or fate in his later work, especially in the collection The Auroras of Autumn .
Yamata no Orochi (ヤマタノオロチ, also 八岐大蛇, 八俣遠呂智 or 八俣遠呂知), or simply Orochi (大蛇), is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. [1] [2]
Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology.The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory characteristics (both good and bad), being portrayed in various stories ...
There are four pieces of downloadable content (DLC) that were released for Bungie's 2014 first-person shooter video game Destiny.Each package of downloadable content added new player versus environment (PvE) missions and player versus player (PvP) modes, new locales to visit, and new items for the player to make use of.
In the comic books, the Serpent Crown object is depicted as a crown that resembles a coiled, seven-headed serpent.It is made of an unknown material. The similarity is a reference to the malevolent seven-headed exiled serpent demon/god "Set" to whom the crown holds a mystical link from which it draws its powers.
The emergency medical services' Star of Life features a rod of Asclepius In Greek mythology, the Rod of Asclepius (⚕; / æ s ˈ k l iː p i ə s /, Ancient Greek: Ῥάβδος τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ, Rhábdos toû Asklēpioû, sometimes also spelled Asklepios), also known as the Staff of Aesculapius and as the asklepian, [1] is a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius ...
In the legend, Trito is offered cattle as a divine gift by celestial gods, [2] which is later stolen by a three-headed serpent named *H₂n̥gʷʰis ('serpent'). [2] [3] [4] Despite initial defeat, Trito, fortified by an intoxicating drink and aided by the Sky-Father, [2] [4] [5] or alternatively the Storm-God or *H₂nḗr, 'Man', [4] [6 ...