Talk:The Elder Gods/@comment-91.248.126.221-20191226152453/@comment-39792679-20200101013620

Actually, Ouroboros is an alchemical symbol created by Cleopatra (not that Cleopatra).

But it has roots in Gods too. The Book of the Dead states that the Egyptian God Atum is said to have ascended out of the Chaos of Nu in the form of a serpent. You also have Jormungandr/Midgardsormr and Quetzacoatl which is depicted by the Aztecs to be biting its own tail.

What I'm trying to say is... it depends on what you look at but primarily, the symbol is alchemical in origin.