Bronze serpent tattoo

Chapter 28. Types And Antitypes 'The 'OLD' things are the 'TYPES' of the Old Testament, and the NEW things what they stand for in the New Testament. The New...'

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Medicinal traits are commonly ascribed to Caduceus tattoos, and the image has even been conflated with another Greek symbol, which happens to be the similarly shaped Rod of Asclepius.

The caduceus from Greek κηρύκειον kērukeion "herald's staff"is the staff carried by Hermes Trismegistus in Egyptian mythology and Hermes in Greek mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings. In Roman iconography, it was often depicted being carried in the left hand of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, guide of the dead and protector of merchants.....