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===Aztec===
===Aztec===


The god [[Quetzalcoatl]] is sometimes portrayed as an ouroboros on Aztec and Toltec ruins.
The god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl] is sometimes portrayed as an ouroboros on Aztec and Toltec ruins.
 
 


===Alchemy===
===Alchemy===
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== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Apep]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apep Apep]
* [[Caduceus]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caduceus Caduceus]
* [[Jörmungandr]]
* [[Jörmungandr]]
* [[Leviathan]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan Leviathan]
* [[Rainbow Serpent]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha Shesha]
* [[Shesha]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrtra Vrtra]
* [[Vrtra]]
 
 


==External links==
==External links==
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* Neumann, Erich. (1995). The Origins and History of Conscisousness. Bollington series XLII: Princeton University Press. Originally published in German in 1949
* Neumann, Erich. (1995). The Origins and History of Consciousness. Bollington series XLII: Princeton University Press. Originally published in German in 1949


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