He put raiment on its limbs, and jewels on its fingers, and a necklace about its neck. […] The reed with its fine teeth strikes up the woof into its place and compacts the web. […] Its eyes shone with blood and fire, its bristles stood like threatening spears, its tusks were like those of Indian elephants. […] It was said to take the form of a snake because of its winding, and of a bull because it made a brawling or roaring in its course. […] Thus its head was horned.