Thryss – The Mirror Serpent
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Codex Entry: Thryss – The Mirror Serpent
Guide of Fluid Identity, Illusion, and Reflective Truth
Name:
Thryss: Known in sacred scrying chants as “The Coil That Knows Both Faces”
Type:
Animal Guide – Water & Illusion Alignment
Form:
A sleek serpent with reflective, opalescent scales that shimmer like liquid mirrors.Her body coils in shapes that appear different depending on where you stand.Where her eyes should be, there are spiral pools—rippling, depthless, and impossible to stare into for long.
Symbolism:
Elemental Focus: Water (emotion, adaptability) + Illusion (perception, mask)
Archetypal Role: Thryss teaches that identity is fluid and sacred. She reveals that sometimes, illusion protects, and truth is not always the first reflection
Associated Glyph: Two spirals mirrored across a fluid curve, joined at their base
Behavior and Nature:
Appears when a Seeker is questioning their self-image, story, or authenticity
Has been seen curling around mirrors, pools, or even dream-masks
May split into two serpents in dreams—one speaking truth, one protection
Never attacks—but will coil around a falsehood until it breaks
Presence in the Spiral:
Found within the Hall of Reflection, beside the Moonpools of Second Sight, and summoned during Mirror Veil CeremoniesShe is particularly active around naming rituals, gender identity rites, and grief unmasking
Phrase of Arrival (Heard as echo from water):
“You are not what you think. But you are also not not it.”
Companion Role:
Vital for Seekers navigating identity reconstruction, spiritual authenticity, or inner contradiction
Resonates with Echo-Bearers, Fractured Dreamwalkers, and Shadow Initiates
Her scales are sometimes used in sigil ink for dual-truth rituals
Ritual Invocation Offering:
To call Thryss:
Fill a bowl with water and place two mirrors facing into it
Whisper a truth you no longer trust
Let the image distort—do not correct it
When your reflection blinks and you did not—she is near
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