eli5: What is the meaning of a Ouroboros?
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That is the Midgardian Serpent (Norse Mythology) so big that it surrounds the world and is eating its own tail! Thus if it succeeds it kills itself.
It’s a very old symbol, and the meaning it has depends on who you’re asking.
As a dragon/snake eating its own tail, it sometimes symbolizes eternal cyclical/repeating behavior, as the reptile sustains itself by eating itself and can continue to do so for eternity.
It’s a tattoo signifying that the being is a homunculus, or a created being, typically a side effect of some foolish alchemist practicing taboo alchemy such as trying to revive one’s mother.
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One modern explanation would be there are no isolated processes. If something starts moving in one direction, it’ll inevitably get reaction on that movement. Karma in a way, as it described in social media. It is no good, no bad. It’s how universe works, how this world is endless.
A symbol of a snake eating itself that’s used in alchemy to represent something being endless
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