page_title: Amphisbaena
hierarchical_section_title: Amphisbaena
caption_attribution_description: Русский: FOLIO-68V. На средней миниатюре можно увидеть амфисбену, имеющую две головы.
context_page_description: The amphisbaena is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The creature is alternatively called the amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amfivena, amphivena, or anphivena, and is also known as the "Mother of Ants". Its name comes from the Greek words amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go".
context_section_description: The amphisbaena (/ˌæmfɪsˈbiːnə/, plural: amphisbaenae; Ancient Greek: ἀμφίσβαινα) is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. The creature is alternatively called the amphisbaina, amphisbene, amphisboena, amphisbona, amphista, amfivena, amphivena, or anphivena (the last two being feminine), and is also known as the "Mother of Ants". Its name comes from the Greek words amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go".
caption: Amphisbaena in an illustration from the Rochester Bestiary (c. 1230–1240)
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