Re: Snake and egg motif

Ian Tresman (ian@knowledge.co.uk)
Tue, 05 Nov 1996 19:14:42 GMT

>In article <55gfp9$be9@henge2.henge.com>, bartjean@henge.com (Bart
>Torbert/Jean Dupree) wrote:
>
>>I seem to be running across numerous instances of a serpent and an egg
>>motif lately.
>>
>>Anybody got insight what the meaning of this is and of references to
>>examples of it in art, architecture etc.

Check out The Evolution of the Cosmogonic Egg, by Dwardu Cardona, in
AEON Vol. III, No. 5
Details at the Aeon site at http://www.ames.net/aeon/

Ian Tresman, Society for Interdisciplinary Studies
http://www.knowledge.co.uk/xxx/cat/sis/