If you squint, you can actually see the dragon’s rear end in the middle of the circle, way behind its head. It’s a dragon weaving forward, toward the screen, with its mouth open but the tail far in the distance. It’s a fitting choice, given the emblem’s typical interpretation of life and death as an endless cycle of rebirth, and the series’ belief in a type of reincarnation, where men and women are but threads being spun into the Pattern of the Ages, which is turned forever by the Wheel of Time.Įxcept the actual “Wheel of Time” logo isn’t a dragon eating its own tail. Circling the title at the end of each credits sequence is a dragon, woven into a circle, reminiscent of the ouroboros symbol - a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. For all its intricate world building, “ The Wheel of Time” tends to spin smoothest if you don’t examine its pieces too closely.
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