Description
The ouroboros or uroboros is a very ancient symbol, present in many peoples and at different times. It depicts a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, forming a circle without beginning or end. Seemingly immobile, but in eternal movement, it represents the power that devours and regenerates itself, the universal energy that consumes and renews itself continuously, the cyclical nature of things, which begin again from the beginning after reaching their end. It therefore symbolizes unity, the totality of the world, infinity, eternity, cyclical time, eternal return, immortality and perfection. The oldest depiction of an uroboros is found in an ancient Egyptian funerary text, called The Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, found in the tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The image depicts two snakes biting each other’s tails and encircling the head and feet of a mummiform divine figure. Both snakes are manifestations of the deity Mehen, the beneficent serpent god who protects the Sun Boat of Ra and whose name means ‘he who is coiled’.
The snake pendant is made from 10 hand-braided silver wires to which the head and tail are soldered, both molded from a piece of solid silver. The braided band has a semi-circular cross-section and a width of 4mm. A semi-precious stone is set on the head. Measure: ø 4cm
The jewels of the collection GIRAMONDO are inspired by pieces of ethnic art or by details contained in them.
Materials: Sterling Silver & Semi-precious Stone
