The result would be a serpent-like conga-line rumbling down the highway.

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The image that comes to mind when I think of this battle is that of a serpent swallowing its own tail, like the mythological Ouroboros of the ancient Egyptians.

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The Greeks had a god named Proteus, who, if you grabbed him, started endlessly changing shape a serpent, an eagle, a lion in the hope you would startle and let go.

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This snarling, fire-snorting Chimera, which has a storied history, epitomizes the mythical monster that figures in many classical Greek texts and was first mentioned, among those that survive, in Homer's "Iliad": it's a dramatic fusion of a lion's head and body, a serpent forming the tail, and a horned, bearded goat's head and neck protruding from the spiked spine of the lion.

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It was later revealed to be a toy submarine outfitted with a sea-serpent head.

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Her signature "serpent cuffs" resemble reptile scales, referring to a deity from southeastern Native American spirituality.

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