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Snakes in Mexican folk culture tell about the fear of the snake to the pregnant women where the snake attacks the umbilical cord. [1] The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars, sometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Crete, and they were worshipped as guardians of her mysteries of birth and regeneration. [2]
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.
Nehebkau [pronunciation?] (also spelled Nehebu-Kau) was the primordial snake god in ancient Egyptian mythology.Although originally considered an evil spirit, he later functions as a funerary god associated with the afterlife.
The snake on the inside rim is believed to be Apep. The few descriptions of Apep's origin in myth usually demonstrate that it was born after Ra , usually from his umbilical cord . Geraldine Pinch claims that a much later creation myth explained that, "Apophis sprang from the saliva of the goddess Neith when she was still in the primeval waters.
Balor of the Evil Eye – king of the Fomorians, a race of giants, and a cyclops (Irish) Catoblepas; Cockatrice; Gorgon – woman with hair made of living, venomous snakes, and eyes that turned men to stone (Greek): Medusa – once a human, Medusa and her sisters were cursed to be terrible monsters by Athena (Greek)
Sacred snakes of Cephalonia; Scitalis; Sea serpent; Seps (legendary creature) Serpens; Serpents in the Bible; Serpopard; Seven-headed serpent; The Seven-headed Serpent; Shahmaran; Shesha; Susna; Sisiutl; Snakes in mythology; Snow snake (folklore) Staff of Moses
Serpents could also be evil and harmful such as the case of Apep. [citation needed] The serpent goddess Meretseger is regarded ambivalently with both veneration and fear. [42] Charms against snakes were inscribed or chanted, sometimes even to protect the dead; [b] There are known charms against snakes that invoke the snake deity Nehebkau. [44] [47]
Zahhāk or Zahāk [1] (pronounced [2]) (Persian: ضحّاک), also known as Zahhak the Snake Shoulder (Persian: ضحاک ماردوش, romanized: Zahhāk-e Mārdoush), is an evil figure in Persian mythology, evident in ancient Persian folklore as Azhi Dahāka (Persian: اژی دهاک), the name by which he also appears in the texts of the ...