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A famous illustration of the Ouroboros.
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History/Corporate logos
Lucent Technologies
Logo
Depending on who you'd like to believe, this is either a representation of a Zen Buddhist symbol or the mythical Ouroboros.
According to Wikipedia, the logo is supposed to represent ouroboros. In a linked article, graphic designer Mark Fox comments: “You can make out the lower jaw of the snake in the Lucent logo on the upper left of the inside ring”.
Mozilla Firefox
Logo
The snake makes way for the fox. Notice how, similar to the World Serpent (Midgardsormr) in Norse mythology, the fox encircles the world.
Order of the Dragon
Logo/Emblem
The secret society devoted to defending Christendom against the Ottoman Empire. Vlad Tepes Dracula III was its most (in)famous member, and has served as the inspiration for Bram Stoker's famous novel, Dracula.
Vodafone
Logo
Vodafone would wager that the Speechmark logo represents a quotation mark inside a bubble. But it doesn't take a leap of the imagination to see the similarities to the Ouroboros symbol.
Vodafone’s Speechmark logo looks uncannily like the Ouroboros. Also, the quotation inside the circle also resembles a 6.
Movies
Alien 3 (1992)
Logo
This logo has a dual nature: not only does the alien represent the fetus inside Ellen Ripley's womb, but it's also a regurgitated version of the Ouroboros.
Videogames
Final Fantasy IV DS (2007/2008)
Logo
The DS remake has a new logo that leaves little to the imagination of what it's supposed to resemble. Cecil/Kain is curled up in such a manner that he is in danger of reaching his own 'tail' as depicted here.
Ring (1999)
Logo
The videogame adaptation of Richard Wagner's Ring Of The Nibelungen uses the Ouroboros motif for its depiction of the titular ring.
Silent Hill 1 (1999)
The Disc of Ouroboros
One of five items needed to open the door to the final battle in the child's room of Nowhere.
Link: – http://www.silenthillheaven.com/Site/SH1/itemsb.php
November 12, 2008 at 6:53 am
[...] In mythology: One of the chief antagonists in Norse mythology lurking outside these walls was the sea serpent Jormungandr (Midgardsormr, literally ‘World Serpent’), a snake so huge he was in danger of surrounding the Earth and eating his own tail. (this is where the concept ‘chasing its own tail’, or ‘endless cycle’, comes from) A snake fitting the description of the ‘Midgardsormr’ seems to pop up in every religion/mythology known to mankind, the most popular of which being Ouroboros (see Ouroboros in popular culture). [...]
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July 15, 2009 at 5:29 pm
[...] history, it has been used by various secret societies – including Count Dracula’s Order Of The Dragon, the Theosophical Society and Freemasonry (also see Ouroboros in popular [...]