Abraxas Cameo, 2nd Century
Rooster head, human body, snake legs.
The rooster symbolizes the rising sun while the snake represents the Earth. Thus Abraxas combines the opposites of the Uranian and Tellurian, of Light and Dark.
(Source: "Materialien zu Hermann Hesses DEMIAN", I, 1947)
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