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[โ€“] big_fat_fluffy@leminal.space 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a metaphor for the intellect. A hundred competing thoughts, like writhing snakes. You are frozen by indecision.

But that's mythology for you. Literalised metaphors and vice versa.

[โ€“] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ooh. What other metaphors have I missed from Greek mythology. Is the minotaur a penis? Are sirens prostitutes? Is the cyclops a penis? Etc.