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To this day there are numerous traces in European popular belief, especially in Germany, of respect for the snake, possibly a survival of ancestor worship: The "house snake" cares for the cows and the children, and its appearance is an omen of death; and the lives of a pair of house snakes are often held to be bound with that of the master and ...
The Brazen Serpent (illustration from a Bible card published 1907 by Providence Lithograph Company). Pseudo-Tertullian (probably the Latin translation of Hippolytus's lost Syntagma, written c. 220) is the earliest source to mention Ophites, and the first source to discuss the connection with serpents.
The altar where serpent deities are worshipped in a temple in Belur, Karnataka, India Quetzalcoatl depicted as a snake devouring a man, from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis. The worship of the serpent is found in many parts of the Old World, and in the Americas. [36] In India snake worship refers to the high status of snakes in Hindu mythology.
Chithrakkoodakkallu (also Chithrakoodam, Nagakkallu, or Sarppakkallu) is a house for the deity snakes or a devotional image of a serpent deity, used for snake worship. [1] It is constructed with rocks. These consecrations can be seen at sarpa kavus of some ancient, traditional Hindu families and temples throughout Kerala. [2] [3] [4]
The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to humankind [1] [2] and represent dual expression [3] of good and evil. [4] In some cultures, snakes were fertility symbols.
Sarpa Kavu (meaning Abode of Snakes) or Naga Banna is a traditional natural sacred space seen near traditional homes in Kerala state of South India and in the region of Tulunad. The site is believed to be inhabited by snakes, and the area usually contains a representation of Naga Raja ( King of the Snakes ) and other Naga Devatas ( snake ...
Deities depicted as snakes or having a snake theme in their depiction and worship. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The Kalbelias are Cultural Hindus and practice snake worship; they worship the Nāga and Manasa, and their holy day is Naga Panchami. The Kalbelias have different traditions from the majority of Hindus. The Kalbelia men wear a Apadravya. Kalbelias bury their dead, instead of cremating them (as is common with Hindus in the rest of the country).