Practical uses for an OUROBOROS:

By Jim Fingal

* Symbol for the cyclic Nature of the Universe: creation flowing from
destruction, Life arising from Death, a serpent devouring its tail in
order to sustain life, in a never-ending cycle of renewal and rebirth.
* Medallion of invulnerability
* Ineffectual Sweatband
* Inner tube for the rapids of Acheron, the River of Woe
* Napkin holder of the Gods
* Living Jewelry (for a goth)
* Ring for a very small planet
* Pet for a infant
* Logo for hit TV show "Millennium," created by Chris Carter
* Awesome tattoo
* Paper-weight on the polished marble coffee table of a self-described
"Post-poststructuralist"
* Clever present for Larry Niven
* A prop for the best heavy metal show ever
* A troubled boomerang
* Blunt object to strike Jung with from behind when he's not looking
* Biting his own tail while residing in the sea that surrounds the
earth, Jormungand ensnares all of mankind in his coils. One of the three
children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, Jormungand was cast down
from the heavens by Odin. During Ragnarok, the earth will be rent with
earthquakes, and as the wolf Fenrir is freed, the sea will overflow
because Jormungand will writhe in fury as he makes his way toward the
land, his poisonous slime leaving the land fallow in his wake. In the
final battle, Jormungand and Thor will kill each other.
* Hula Hoop