The World Tree whose roots, trunk, and branches connect nine realms in an eternal cycle of death and rebirth.

The serpent eating its own tail, representing the infinite cycle of destruction and creation, ending and beginning.

The eternal rhythm of movement, change, and return that the wind god upholds by pushing the celestial bodies on their endless journeys.

The recurring pattern of destruction and creation, failure and success, that defines Huracán’s mythic actions and the natural world he rules.

The inherent understanding within the garden that growth, harvest, decay, and rebirth are all essential phases of the sacred process.

Reflected in the seasonal matsuri and the understanding of kami as manifesting in spring blossoms and autumn decay, embodying the rhythm of life, death, and rebirth.

The eternal rhythm of immersion and emergence, capture and release, blessing and curse that defines the relationship with the deep.

The essential pattern of the heartbeat, manifesting in seasons, lunar phases, life-death-rebirth, and the eternal return.

The fundamental law she governs, where creation, violation, crisis, and regeneration form an endless, sacred wheel.

The eternal pattern of creation, destruction, and rebirth, reflected in Pazuzu's role as both destroyer (of crops) and protector (of life), agent of both ends and beginnings.

The fundamental pattern of existence as an endless, repeating loop of phases, perfectly exemplified by the myth's annual rhythm.

The fundamental principle illustrated by the myth: life, death, decomposition, and rebirth as an eternal, interconnected process without true end.

The endless rhythm of creation, death, and rebirth illustrated by the myth, from the birth of islands to the descent to Yomi and the subsequent purification.

The understanding of creation, withdrawal, and eventual return; the God embodies the long cycle of geological and psychic eras.

The eternal rhythm of withdrawal and return, of work done in darkness and revealed in light, mirroring the natural cycles of day and season.

The fundamental pattern of departure and return, spill and replenishment, mirroring the eternal gallop of the celestial mare across the seasons of the sky.

The eternal rhythm of creation, dissolution, and rebirth embodied in the seasons, the hunt, and the transformation of the Creator into an ongoing process.