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tiamat

Tiamat is the Sumerian Mother goddess, creator of all things. Her name means salt-water. the Enuma Elish (the When on High) myth relates the story of Marduk slaying her and making the universe from her body. Hers is the first written goddess name.

apsu

Husband of Tiamat, and also her reflection, his name means sweet-water. His death, at the hands of Marduk's father, Ea, provokes the battle in which Marduk kills Tiamat.

ouroboros

The Greek serpent which bites its own tail. The ouroboros lays at the edge of Pontus, the sea which surrounds the world. Surrounding the Universe, everything known and unknown is encompassed in the ouroboros.

jormungandr

Jörmungandr, The Miðgarð serpent, one of the children of Loki in Nordic myth. The serpent encircles Miðgarð (Middle-Earth, the home of Man), biting it's own tail. At Ragnarök, Thór will battle it to the death, but will die from it's venom.

nidhoggr

Níðhöggr, in Norse mythology, the dragon which gnaws at the third root of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. The Third Root is the root which leads to heaven.

typhon

Youngest offspring of Gaea and Tartaros. He had 100 dragon heads, and his winged body was covered with serpents. He attacked Mt. Olympos, and the gods fled him taking animal forms. Zeus finally defeated him and he was buried under Mt. Aetna.

wyvern

a mythical beast, a coiled dragon with two eagle's legs under it's wings and a scorpion's tail.

poimandres

The World Dragon, in Egypt. Hermes Trismegistus goes to meditate on the World Mystery, and Poimandres, the World Dragon, appears, terrible and awe-inspiring. Personifying Universal Life, Poimandres reveales to Hermes Trismegistus the nature of the universe. Poimandres is also associated with Osiris.

puff.magic

"Puff, the magic dragon, lives by the sea...."

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