Snakes three headed

As depicted, he was said to have three heads, one human and the others of a bull and a ram. He also has the feet of a goose and a snake for a tail. In some depictions, he appears to be riding another beast. The grimoires, however, say that he is not to be feared. If one addresses him properly he will provide a beautiful ring, and then teach geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, and engineering, as well as the art of being invisible, and the location of hidden treasure.3... 

From the circle of light of heaven, empty and infinite, a black light shone forth to the bottom of the sea a vapour of black obscurity arose. From the obscurity a noxious body ripened—the cow of poison of living beings. On the cow three noxious heads appeared, four limbs and serpent s tail. As for the three noxious mouths of the three heads, hate was the mouth of the snake, delusion that of the pig, and desire-passion that of the cock. Thus the three poisons ripened into visible bodily form.58... 

Jung suggested that the triadic aspect of Mercurius, who was often represented as a three-headed snake, is the chthonic counterpart to the Christian Trinity.77 In Aurora Consurgens, the lower Trinity is described as earth, which von Franz interprets as... 

According to Greek mythology, there were three gorgons. They were sisters, and they all had wings, claws, enormous teeth, and snakes for hair. Medusa was the only sister who was mortal, and she was beheaded by Perseus in the course of one of his heroic feats. When he put the head down on a bed of leaves and seaweed, the snakes immediately turned to red coral. The gorgonian corals take their name from the myth. 

Ammonites were once believed to be petrified snakes, and snake heads were frequently carved on them. In Whitby, North Yorkshire, three ammonites with carved heads form part of the town coat of arms, commemorating the legend that Saint Hilda turned a plague of snakes into stone. 

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