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Visual depiction of Ophion

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Vol. II · Polytheism · primordial

Ophion

Greek primordial serpent


coiling around the cosmic egg laid by Eurynome, the first world hatching from the shell as stars and seas pour forth

Organization
Mixed Bronze/Iron-Age pantheons
Time period
varies
Location
varies
Archetype
primordial

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Mixed Pantheons (set 3) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.