OPHIOTAURUS Origin: Greek Mythology. Means cow serpent in Greek. Description: creature that was part
OPHIOTAURUS Origin: Greek Mythology. Means cow serpent in Greek. Description: creature that was part bull and part serpent. Story: It’s sole reference is found in Ovid’s Fasti, where the creature’s entrails were said to grant the power to defeat the gods to whoever burned them. The hybrid was slain by an ally of the Titans during the Titanomachy, but the entrails were retrieved by an eagle sent by Zeus before they could be burned. The creature emerged from Chaos with Gaia and Ouranos. The Ophiotaurus was probably placed in the heavens as the combined Taurus and Cetus (bull fore-parts with a sea-serpent tail), alongside the lyre Lyra and the alter Ara. -- source link
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