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
amphisbaena
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- stilltrucking
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Common Names in English:
Ridley's Worm Lizard
Reading you is like a post graduate course in mythology.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.
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