Serpent symbolism - Knowledge (XXG)

1979: 4072: 2894: 2910: 1842: 2797: 2141:, learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing another (which Asclepius himself had fatally wounded) back to life with healing herbs. To prevent the entire human race from becoming immortal under Asclepius's care, Zeus killed him with a bolt of lightning. Asclepius' death at the hands of Zeus illustrates man's inability to challenge the natural order that separates mortal men from the gods. In honor of Asclepius, snakes were often used in healing rituals. Non-poisonous snakes were left to crawl on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. The 3043: 1556: 2097: 2861: 6397: 2781: 4340: 2405: 5934: 5966: 1017: 1619: 1807: 1698: 200: 2879: 6300: 1224: 1037: 760: 326: 2941: 2388:, in which a woman who has lived many previous lives in the region is reincarnated as a daughter of Phraya Khom (Thai for Cambodian) and causes the death of her companion in former lives who has been reincarnated as a prince of the Nagas. This leads to war between the "spirits of the air" and the Nagas: Nagas amok are rivers in spate, and the entire region is flooded. 856: 1285: 2243: 482:. Essentially the World Tree and the Vision Serpent, representing the king, created the center axis which communicates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power." 434: 1744:". In ancient Egypt and the Middle East, the serpent or snake also represents knowledge and a knowledge of advanced genetics (the strands of DNA, which also affects lifespan) in those times, hence its inclusion in the Bible and 2 snakes on a staff as a symbol of the American Medical Association (AMA). 1673:, by associating it with Moses. This copper snake according to the Biblical text is put on a pole and used for healing. Book of Numbers 21:9 "And Moses made a snake of copper, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a snake had bitten any man, when he beheld the snake of brass, he lived." 134:

from folklore and myth, French comparativist Julien d'Huy managed to reconstruct a possible archaic narrative about the serpent. In this Paleolithic "ophidian" myth, snakes are connected to rains and storms, and even to water sources. In regards to the latter, it blocks rivers and other water sources

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The serpent is a recurrent motif in Islamic thought, appearing in both sacred texts representing evil and works of art. The creature is often seen as a symbol of evil and punishment. The serpent is a complex figure in Islamic thought, appearing as both a symbol of evil and a figure of wisdom. Djinn,

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of the American Revolution depicts a rattlesnake coiled up and poised to strike. Below the image of the snake is the legend, "Don't tread on me." The snake symbolized the dangerousness of colonists willing to fight for their rights and homeland, and was also symbolic of their separation from Europe,

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Following the publication of "Join, or Die", the rattlesnake became a symbol of the Thirteen Colonies. Franklin and other colonists considered the rattlesnake to represent independence and vigilance. Several flags of the American Revolution depict rattlesnakes. Two of the more notable flags with

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In one Native North American story, an evil serpent kills one of the gods' cousins, so the god kills the serpent in revenge, but the dying serpent unleashes a great flood. People first flee to the mountains and then, when the mountains are covered, they float on a raft until the flood subsides. The

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and medicines linked the rod of Hermes with the staff of the healer Asclepius, which was wound with a serpent; it was conflated with Mercury's rod, and the modern medical symbol—which should simply be the rod of Asclepius—often became Mercury's wand of commerce. Another version is used in alchemy

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 433B, "King Lindworm": a childless queen gives birth to a boy in snake form. Years later, he wishes to marry, but either devours his brides on their wedding night or cannot find a woman brave enough to accept his serpentine form. The snake prince is

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came to the throne of Judah in the late 8th century BCE, "He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, smashed the idols, and broke into pieces the copper snake that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

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to give a message of colonial unity. The cartoon shows a snake in eight pieces, each representing one or more of the Thirteen Colonies. It was based on a superstition that if a snake was cut in pieces and the pieces were put together before sunset, the snake would return to life.

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 485, "Borma Jarizhka" or "The City of Babylon": a tsar sends a brave knight to the city of Babylon to retrieve three symbols of royal power (a robe, a crown, a scepter). The city is surrounded by snakes and ruled by a princess with snake-like

72:. During the dance, live snakes were handled, and at the end of the dance the snakes were released into the fields to guarantee good crops. "The snake dance is a prayer to the spirits of the clouds, the thunder and the lightning, that the rain may fall on the growing crops." To the 3012:(1992), collected hundreds of examples of the caduceus and the rod of Asclepius and found that professional associations were just somewhat more likely to use the staff of Asclepius, while commercial organizations in the medical field were more likely to use the caduceus. 116:, the serpent as a symbol of death is built into our unconscious minds because of our evolutionary history. Isbell argues that for millions of years snakes were the only significant predators of primates, and that this explains why fear of snakes is one of the most common 2725:": a poor man either buys or rescues four types of animals, a cat, a dog, a mouse and a snake. This snake is the son of the king of serpents. It takes the boy to its father's court to reward him a wish-granting object (usually a magic stone or ring). Example: 1786:

The Islamic serpent generally follows in the tradition of earlier Abrahamic myths as a symbol for the seductive draw of wisdom. This symbolism is reflected in various stories and parables, such as the tale of the snake-catcher and the serpent from

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 672, "The Serpent's Crown": a snake takes off its crown to bathe in the lake. The crown is stolen by a human, who discovers the crown can grant special abilities (most often, the knowledge of animal

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gave Asclepius a vial of blood from the Gorgons. Gorgon blood had magical properties: if taken from the left side of the Gorgon, it was a fatal poison; from the right side, the blood was capable of bringing the dead back to life. However,

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and spiritual maturation leading to altered states of consciousness. There are a number of other translations of the term, usually emphasizing a more serpentine nature to the word—e.g. "serpent power". It has been suggested by

2909: 969:(a.k.a. Aida-Wedo, Aido Quedo, "Rainbow-Serpent") is a spirit of fertility, rainbows and snakes, and a companion or wife to Dan, the father of all spirits. As Vodou was exported to Haiti through the slave trade, Dan became 1539:. At the Babylonian New Year's festival, the priest was to commission from a woodworker, a metalworker and a goldsmith two images, one of which "shall hold in its left hand a snake of cedar, raising its right to the god 246:, sitting in the position of meditation, his weight supported by the coils of a multi-headed nāga that also uses its flared hood to shield him from above. This motif recalls the story of the Buddha and the serpent king 4200:"Ji pagrįstai gali būti laikoma baltų – lietuvių ir latvių – pasaka, nes daugiausia jos variantų užrašyta Lietuvoje ir Latvijoje." Bagočiūnas, Saulis. ""Eglė žalčių karalienė": pasakos topografijos paieškos" . In: 2059:, or confined beneath volcanic regions, where he is the cause of eruptions. Typhon is thus the chthonic figuration of volcanic forces. Serpent elements figure among his offspring; among his children by Echidna are 2780: 1323:

has numerous wives, who until 1857 took part in a public procession from which the profane crowd was excluded; a python was carried round the town in a hammock, perhaps as a ceremony for the expulsion of evils.

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association, the snake was often considered one of the wisest animals, being (close to the) divine. Its divine aspect combined with its habitat in the earth between the roots of plants made it an animal with

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Shesha holds all the planets of the universe on his hoods and constantly sings the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as "Ananta-Shesha," which means "Endless Shesha". In the

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Robbins, Lawrence H., Alec C. Campbell, George A. Brook, Michael L. Murphy (June 2007). "World's Oldest Ritual Site? The 'Python Cave' at Tsodilo Hills World Heritage Site, Botswana". Nyame Akuma.

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texts as a magical protective entity. A dragon-like creature with horns, the body and neck of a snake, the forelegs of a lion, and the hind-legs of a bird appears in Mesopotamian art from the

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plate 240: 1, 4, from Stratum X (dated by Loud 1650–1550 BCE) and Statum VIIB (dated 1250–1150 BCE), noted by Karen Randolph Joines, "The Bronze Serpent in the Israelite Cult"

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or serpent, in several variants), who comes at night to the bridal bed in human form. The maiden breaks a taboo and her enchanted husband disappears. She is forced to seek him. Example:

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In folk and fairy tale traditions all over the world, the serpent and the snake appear as characters in several fairy tales, either a main character in animal fables and magic tales (

1458:, meaning "furious serpent", was used as a symbol for particular deities and also as a general protective emblem. It seems to have originally been the attendant of the underworld god 4237:

Eremina, Valeriia. 2010. “An International Tale-Type: ‘The City of Babylon’”. FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Folklore Association 15 (July): 99-128.

2170:, who was a snake himself and had received the vial from Athena. In this version the blood of Medusa had the healing power while the lethal poison originated from Medusa's serpents. 2796: 2413: 2984:, the escort of newly deceased souls to the afterlife, that explains the origin of the snakes in the caduceus, since this was also the role of the Sumerian entwined serpent god 3346: 612:, with the snake(s) being energy channels. In the case of two coiled snakes, they usually cross each other seven times, a possible reference to the seven energy centers called 4499: 1783:, are a part of Arabian folklore and are said to live near the Arabian Sea. These snakes are believed to have the ability to fly, and their name "Arabhar" means "Arab snake." 250:: as the Buddha sat beneath a tree engrossed in meditation, Mucalinda came up from the roots of the tree to shield the Buddha from a tempest that was just beginning to arise. 219:

Serpents are represented as potent guardians of temples and other sacred spaces. This connection may be grounded in the observation that when threatened, some snakes (such as

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 673, "The White Serpent's Flesh": the main character learns the language of animals by eating the flesh of a white serpent. Example:

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which are likewise figures of great potential mixed with danger, are also believed to appear in the form of snakes on occasion. The Arabian Flying Snakes, also known as

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and medicine. The snake's venom is associated with the chemicals of plants and fungi that have the power to either heal or provide expanded consciousness (and even the

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lured Eve with the promise of being like God, tempting her that despite God's warning, death would not be the result, that God was withholding knowledge from her.

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 425M, "The Snake as Bridegroom": a girl goes bathing and leaves her clothing by the shore. When she returns, a snake (

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Behr-Glinka, Andrei I. "Змея как сексуальный и брачный партнер человека. (Еще раз о семантике образа змеи в фольклорной традиции европейских народов)" . In:

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Burston, Daniel: 1994, "Freud, the Serpent & The Sexual Enlightenment of Children", International Forum of Psychoanalysis, vol. 3, pp. 205–219.

3036:. The Gadsden flag of the American Revolution continues to be used in modern political propaganda to connote libertarianism and anti-government sentiments. 2854:. The United States War Office, and its successor organizations the Department of War and Department of the Army, contain a rattlesnake in their emblems. 2738:": a man kills a snake. Its mate brings three magical leaves to resurrect it. This inspires the man to find a similar herb to use on his deceased bride/wife. 639:("he who harnesses the souls") was the two-headed serpent deity who guarded the entrance to the underworld. He is often seen as the son of the snake goddess 2589:). Now free, the animal wants to eat (bite) its saviour, who tries to delay this fate. He consults with other creatures and finally to a trickster animal ( 1978: 1934:

is an infernal creature with two snakes on his shoulders. This replacement might be due to communication between the inhabitants of Iran and believers in

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the Dahomeyans were brought in contact with a people of serpent worshipers, and ended by adopting from them the beliefs which they at first despised. At

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 155, "The Ungrateful Animal (Serpent) Returned to Captivity": a farmer rescues an animal (snake) from a trap (

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Although the widespread depiction of snakes in sites across the UAE is thought by archaeologists to have a religious purpose, this remains conjecture.

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as guardians of temples or other premises. A favorite motif of Angkorean sculptors from approximately the 12th century CE onward was that of the

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for their disobedience to commandments outlined prior to this; had lifespan decreased, for women to suffer in birthing, as well as other torments.

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and grasp his own tail, and as a result he earned the alternate name of the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. Jörmungandr's arch enemy is the god

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The serpent, when forming a ring with its tail in its mouth, is a clear and widespread symbol of the "All-in-All", the totality of existence,

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and the ethnologist Maude Oakes have argued that the serpent is a symbol of initiation and rebirth precisely because it is a symbol of death.

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of Egypt, entwined around the staff of papyrus and the pole that indicated the status of all other deities, as well as having the all-seeing

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performed an annual snake dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an Underworld spirit) and to renew the

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from the fourth to first millennia BC, when their presence as mighty patrons and source of life and of immortality is seen in the art of

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rose up from his place beneath the earth and enveloped the Buddha in seven coils for seven days, so as not to break his ecstatic state.

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tribes give reverence to the rattlesnake as grandfather and king of snakes who is able to give fair winds or cause tempest. Among the

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was a feathered serpent-god. In many Meso-American cultures, the serpent was regarded as a portal between two worlds. The tribes of

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brandished a serpent in either hand, perhaps evoking her role as source of wisdom, rather than her role as Mistress of the Animals (

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worldwide and why the symbol of the serpent is so prevalent in world mythology; the serpent is an innate image of danger and death.

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developed, Mercury was understood to be the protector of those arts too and of arcane or occult "Hermetic" information in general.

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has yielded probably the richest trove of such objects, although finds have been made bearing snake symbols in Bronze Age sites at

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shrine in northern Syria contained a bronze statue of a god holding a serpent in one hand and a staff in the other. In 6th-century

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Her Holiness Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Srivastava: "Meta Modern Era", pages 233–248. Vishwa Nirmala Dharma; first edition, 1995.

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as a dangerous monster. It is said that Falak only fears God's greater power, which prevents it from consuming all of creation.

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that the symbol of snakes coiled around a staff is an ancient representation of Kundalini physiology. The staff represents the

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the snake-handler, another constellation. The most probable interpretation is that Ophiuchus represents the healer Asclepius.

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is described as being pulled by fiery draconic beings. The most notable instance of this is observed in the episode in which

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Folk-Tale Type ATU411 in Eurasian Folk Tradition: Some Remarks to the “Typological Index of Folk-Tale Types” of H.-J. Uther

623:, where the earliest written cultural records exist, the serpent appears from the beginning to the end of their mythology. 45:, a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to humankind and represent 6309: 3802: 6330: 5570: 5565: 930:("the one with the skirt of serpents"), also known as Cihuacoatl ("The Lady of the serpent"). Quetzalcoatl's father was 4411:"Narcotics: Pit of Despair (Part I) : Marshall (Mel) : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive" 6532: 3129: 1955: 1796: 1771: 1741: 1555: 832:, as some ancient texts refer to a serpent of light residing in the heavens. The Ancient Egyptians associated it with 1234: 1047: 770: 336: 4102:

Ting, Nai-tung. "The Holy Man and the Snake-Woman. A Study of a Lamia Story in Asian and European Literature". In:

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primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically "reborn".

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word meaning either "coiled up" or "coiling like a snake". "Kundalini" refers to the mothering intelligence behind

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d'Huy, Julien. "Première reconstruction statistique d'un rituel paléolithique: autour du motif du dragon". In:

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Sometimes the Tree of Life is represented (in a combination with similar concepts such as the World Tree and

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Sundermann, Werner. "VII. Friedmar Geißler (f), Erzählmotive in der Geschichte von den zwei Schlangen". In:

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Significant finds of pottery, bronze-ware and even gold depictions of snakes have been made throughout the

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are used interchangeably, having similar symbolic functions. The venom of the serpent is thought to have a

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Margolin, Victor (1988). "Rebellion, Reform, and Revolution: American Graphic Design for Social Change".

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In many parts of Africa the serpent is looked upon as the incarnation of deceased relatives. Among the

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disenchanted by a maiden who wears layers of clothing in their nuptial night to mirror his layers of

2630: 1905: 1638: 1602:. Most of the depictions of snakes are similar, with a consistent dotted decoration applied to them. 1575: 1182: 180: 46: 5933: 4278:. Folklore Fellows Classification 3. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia, 1910. p. 29. 4226:. Folklore Fellows Classification 3. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia, 1910. p. 19. 4191:. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. p. 144. 680:" ("Serpent People"). The chthonic serpent was one of the earth-animals associated with the cult of 6443: 6353: 6147: 6010: 5924: 5808: 5790: 5580: 5163: 5115: 5090: 4792: 4488: 4036:. Folklore Fellows Classification 3. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian Toimituksia, 1910. p. 8. 3158: 3020:

Following the Christian context as a symbol for evil, serpents are sometimes featured in political

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Handbuch zu den "Kinder- und Hausmärchen" der Brüder Grimm: Entstehung - Wirkung - Interpretation

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explains the emergence of the name "Cambodia" as resulting from conquest of a naga princess by a

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However, it seems that the symbolic concept of the serpent was corrupted in the cultures of the

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was also conceived to have the form of a snake. His messenger was said to be a small variety of

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was sometimes depicted as biting its own tail. The mother of Quetzalcoatl was the Aztec goddess

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empty, refuges into the mountains, carving valleys and waterholes, earthquakes through snoring.

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and the act of Moses in raising up the serpent as a sign, using it as a symbol associated with

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kind must be treated with respect, and death is the penalty for killing one, even by accident.

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word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very large snake, found in

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and the cyclic nature of the cosmos. The most well known version of this is the Aegypto-Greek

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In the surrounding region, serpent cult objects figured in other cultures. A late Bronze Age

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in West Africa, the serpent that supports everything on its many coils was named Dan. In the

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is the mother goddess who created humans from clay. She is depicted as a half snake being.

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gnaws the roots of Yggdrasil in this illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript.

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Phaya Thaen, and ended in a truce with nagas posted as guardians of entrances to temples.

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who grants the protagonist a special ability or impart him with some secret knowledge.

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the serpent figures largely in one of the dances. The rattlesnake was worshiped in the

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was a serpent god who ruled the underworld and made fruit trees bloom. In the Northern

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The Cult of the Serpent: An Interdisciplinary Survey of Its Manifestations and Origins

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with one serpent wrapped around it, which has become the symbol of modern medicine.

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Jörmungandr, alternately referred to as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, is a

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properties connected to the afterlife and immortality. The deified Greek physician

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Festivals of the Hopi, and dancing and expression in all their national ceremonies

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and immortality) through divine intoxication. Because of its herbal knowledge and

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Felton, Debbie. "Apuleius' Cupid Considered as a Lamia (Metamorphoses 5.17-18)."

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is given her grandfather's chariot, which is pulled by serpents through the sky.

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of Madagascar, certain species are assigned as the abode of certain classes. The

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Serpents figured prominently in archaic Greek myths. According to some sources,

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and amulets until as late as the thirteenth century BCE. The horned viper (

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of wisdom and vengeance. She never lost her position in the Egyptian pantheon.

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A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities: Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art

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is a serpent coiled around the neck of Shiva. The snake represents freedom in

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Serpents or snakes appear on the flags or coats of arms of several entities.

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rather than Sumerian origin. "Nin Giz Zida" is another name for the ancient

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Non-traditional, regional, or rarely used (sometimes considered unheraldic)

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and Jörmungandr. He tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles

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demonstrates, though we are unable to unravel the particular associations.

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Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary

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Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions

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The Golden Wand of Medicine: A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine

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evil spirits that the serpent god controlled then hide out of fear. The

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The image of the serpent as the embodiment of the wisdom transmitted by

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sat in ecstatic meditation. When a storm arose, the mighty serpent king

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Aryan Unconscious: Archetype of Discrimination, History & Politics,

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in Bronze Age strata at several pre-Israelite cities in Canaan: two at

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Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna

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3:14–15, Jesus makes direct comparison between the raising up of the

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The Apples of Apollo: Pagan and Christian Mysteries of the Eucharist

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is said to sleep while floating on the cosmic waters on the serpent

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associated with it are best known from northern Australia. In Fiji,

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as it was an animal unique to America. The motif is repeated in the

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Ancient North American serpent imagery often featured rattlesnakes.

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are said to have adored great snakes in the pre-Inca days, and in

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In some cultures, snakes were fertility symbols. For example, the

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tells how introduction of Buddhist teachings led to war with the

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Ningizzida has been popularized in the 20th century by Raku Kei (

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in exchange for human sacrifices and/or material good offerings.

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Great Abington, UK: Cambridge International Science Publishing.

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Emblem contains a rattlesnake with the motto "this we'll defend"

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Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 411, "The King and the

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is one of the two mounts of Vishnu, upon which the deity rests.

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Serpents are sacred and powerful in the thought of prehistoric

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representing either the serpent thrown angrily into the sky by

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suggests the Cambodian myth is a basis for the Thai legend of

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encircled the world in the ocean's abyss biting its own tail.

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The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography

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is a popular image in Northern American natives' mythology.

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or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through

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and Neo-Sumerian artwork and still appear sporadically on

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serpent (sometimes a pair) lives in or is coiled around a

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Callaway and Toombs to Joiner (Joiner 1968:246 note 5).

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associated great mystical value to the serpent, as the

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because they cannot be tamed. In Buddhism, the serpent

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Barton, SO "Midrash Rabba to Genesis", sec. 20, p. 93

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depicted as an evil snake in a WWII propaganda poster

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Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas

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as the social structure of Iranian plateau cultures.

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transformed into a snake and then back into a staff (

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Bulletin of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists

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The anthropologist Lynne Isbell has argued that, as

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(October 3, 2007). 2360:, play a particularly important role in 2180:and a princess of the primitive land of 2067:; the serpent-like chthonic water beast 1551:Bronze and Iron Age United Arab Emirates 1462:, but later became the attendant to the 5435: 4170:, no. 38 (2013): 230 (footnote nr. 4). 4014:Ein manichäisch-soghdisches Parabelbuch 3944:The Indianized States of Southeast Asia 3756:Simerg - Insights from Around the World 3146: 3038: 3004:where the snake is crucified, known as 2856: 2776: 891:chapter of the Puranas, Shesha loosens 4613:, Albany: State University Press 1983. 4443:Occidental Mythology: the Masks of God 4323:. Philadelphia. May 9, 1754. p. 2 3528:Black, Jeremy; Green, Anthony (1992). 3199:. Inner Traditions/Bear. p. 223. 3024:. They were used to represent Jews in 1757:Tree of the knowledge of good and evil 692:and others thought, from the egg of a 408:tree of the knowledge of good and evil 4445:, 1964: Ch. 1, "The Serpent's Bride." 3381:Spooner, Henry G. (January 1, 1984). 3279:. U.K.: Manchester University Press. 2600:The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal 1492:Snake cults were well established in 7: 4730:"Snake Cults Dominated Early Arabia" 4592:The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent 4568:Henderson, J. L.; Oakes, M. (1990). 3302:The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent 2711:The Dragon-Prince and the Stepmother 1938:, and beyond that the conversion of 1747:Christian Tradition also identifies 1250:adding citations to reliable sources 1063:adding citations to reliable sources 786:adding citations to reliable sources 394:situated in a divine garden. In the 352:adding citations to reliable sources 4106:8, no. Jahresband (1966): 145–191. 3992:"Great Serpent and the Great Flood" 3968:Tossa, Wajuppa and Phra 'Ariyānuwat 3327: 2952:Snakes entwined the staffs both of 1904:over time by Western influence. In 3730:10.1111/j.1478-1913.1980.tb03415.x 3662:Gornall, Jonathan (31 July 2016). 3230:. Mimobile.byu.edu. 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