amphisbaena

[constantine]

in dark holes they coil
hiss, then enter the warm
to hunt, feast
on embryos and larvae
scurrying rodents -
monkeys of the trees
whose roots grow inward
convoluted
in the vagina of the mother
awaiting penetration
the offspring they produce
are capable of anything

[stilltrucking]

Common Names in English:

Ridley's Worm Lizard

Furthermore, expecting women wearing a live amphisbaena around their neck would have safe pregnancies, although whether any women in Medieval times wanted to hang out with a reptile around their neck remains questionable.

As for magical remedies, eating the meat of an amphisbaena was said to boost one’s sexual attractiveness, and killing the poor beast during a full moon could give power to the killer, as long as—rather ironically—he or she was pure of heart and mind.

http://quillsandzebras.wordpress.com/20 ... phisbaena/

Reading you is like a post graduate course in mythology.

[constantine]

i'm a piker, jack. an ambient photon stumbling towards the inanimate.