Ouroboros Symbol - Ancient Serpent Eating Its Tail | Mythology & Alchemy #3617250 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white woodcut illustrates the ouroboros, an ancient symbol featuring a serpent or dragon eating its own tail, enclosed within an oval border. The detailed linework emphasizes texture-scales on the body, striations on the head, and subtle shading to convey volume and movement. Historically associated with Hermeticism, Gnosticism, and alchemy, the image conveys concepts of wholeness, rebirth, and the unity of opposites.

Used in articles on esoteric symbolism, mythology, alchemy, and Jungian psychology; commonly appears in educational, spiritual, or historical contexts where users seek visual representation of cyclical concepts or ancient iconography.