What is the name of this popular symbol?

It's a snake wrapped in a cirlce and it is swallowing its tail. What is the name and particulrly, how do you spell it?

What is the name of this popular symbol?
It is called the Ouroboros. (Or ah bur us) It represents how everything in life follows a cycle and has no real begining or end, like when winter ends-you know it will be back the same as always. Different religions give it different meanings though so go look for yourself now that you know what it is called.


Blessings and good luck.
Reply:Theosophical seal.
Reply:It is called ouroborous and is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. It has been used to represent many things over the ages, but it most generally symbolizes ideas of cyclicality, primordial unity, or the vicious circle. The ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations. More recently, it has been interpreted by psychologists, such as Carl Jung, as having an archetypal significance to the human psyche.
Reply:It is called Ouroboros. It is a symbol of devine wisdom.
Reply:It's called the worm ouroboros, or just ouroboros.
Reply:Also in Norse mythology, a large snake encircled the earth by swallowing its tail.