Worm - Image in Mythology, Literature, and Art

Image in Mythology, Literature, and Art

See also: List of fictional worms and Fictional depictions of worms

Worms are sometimes used as a metaphor of putrefaction or corruption; a corpse may be said to be "fed to the worms".

Examples:

  • Hamlet, Shakespeare
  • Twelfth Night, Shakespeare
  • The Battleship Potemkin
  • "The Conqueror Worm", a poem in Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Ligeia"
  • "The Festival", a short story by H. P. Lovecraft
  • The Wall, Pink Floyd. Worms are used to represent the main character's slipping grasp on reality, and are "eating into his brain"
  • In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth pseudo-mythology, "worm" (and "drake") is a term for dragon

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