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Snakes are a common occurrence in myths for a multitude of cultures. The Hopi people of North America viewed snakes as symbols of healing, transformation, and fertility. Snakes in Mexican folk culture tell about the fear of the snake to the pregnant women where the snake attacks the umbilical cord. [1]
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
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.
Hō-ō – rooster-swallow-fowl-snake-goose-tortoise-stag-fish hybrid; Hoopoe (multiple cultures) – near passerine bird common to Africa and Eurasia that features in many mythologies in those continents; Hoop snake (United States, Canada, and Australia) – snake which rolls by taking its tail in its mouth
Satan (Heaven-Abrahamic mythology) – Ruler of Hell; Satyr – Human-goat hybrid and fertility spirit; Satyrus (Medieval Bestiary) – Apes who always bear twins, one the mother loves, the other it hates; Sazae-oni – Shapeshifting turban snail spirit; Sceadugenga – Shapeshifting undead
President Snakes from the 2015 nerd-folk album of the same name is five snakes running as one fictional politician. This list of fictional snakes is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable serpentine characters that appear in various works of fiction.
North American ghosts (4 C, 3 P) I. Legendary creatures of the indigenous peoples of North America (10 C, 47 P) L. Latin American legendary creatures (3 C, 1 P) M.
The cerastes is a creature described in Greek mythology as a snake with either two large ram-like horns or four pairs of smaller horns. Isidore of Seville described it as hunting by burying itself in sand while leaving its horns visible, and attacking creatures that came to investigate them.