Ash-hrau
Ash-hrau is a five-headed serpent recorded in the ancient Egyptian underworld books, described bent nearly into an oval within the sixth of the twelve hours through which the sun god travels by night.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Egyptian mythology
- Region
- Underworld (place of origin)
- Trait family
- The Monstrous Broods
- Symbols
- FIVE
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Symbols
Judged against the description by a model. Meanings are our own paraphrase.
- FIVE bears Five denotes the human microcosm, centered wholeness, generative union, the senses, and spiritual aspiration, commonly figured by the pentagon, pentagram, or five-petalled flower.
why
Ash-hrau is a five-headed serpent recorded in the ancient Egyptian underworld books, described bent nearly into an oval within the sixth of the twelve hours through which the sun god travels by night.
Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Form
- Multi-headed body
why
It is described as having five heads and a body bent or coiled so far around that it very nearly closes into an oval.
- Serpentine elongated body
why
Ash-hrau is a five-headed serpent
Roles
Judged from the works' own entries, not from the description. Carries: the figure holds the role. Meets: the role is in its stories, held by something it meets.
- Hero meets
1 citation
- Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore, s.v. "Ash-Hrau."