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Egyptian myth has had several snake-gods, from the 'coiled one' Mehen who assisted Ra in fighting Aapep every day to the two-headed Nehebkau who guarded the underworld. In Korean mythology, the goddess Eobshin was the snake goddess of wealth, as snakes ate rats and mice that gnawed on the crops.
The beithir is described as "the largest and most deadly kind of serpent", [7] or as a dragon (but without certain typical European folklore draconic features such as wings or fiery breath). [8] It dwells in mountainous caves and corries (valleys) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 9 ] and is equipped with a venomous sting.
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
Kuzuryū (九頭龍, "nine-headed dragon"), deriving from the nagarajas (snake-kings) Vasuki and Shesha, is worshipped at Togakushi Shrine in Nagano Prefecture. Compare the Nine-headed Bird (九頭鳥) in Chinese mythology. Comparing folklore about polycephalic dragons and serpents, eight-headed creatures are less common than seven- or nine ...
A snake character that is a pet to Rubee the snake charmer. Trowzer Yooka-Laylee: A snake character that going to support Yooka and Laylee by selling and teaching them new moves, for a fee of course. Noodle Snake Pass (video game) A coral snake who is the protagonist of a puzzle/platforming game on multiple platforms. Has a hummingbird friend ...
Boiuna (translated as "Black Snake") is a mythological creature in Brazilian mythology. It is also known as the Cobra-Grande (translated as "Large Serpent") and the Mboiaçu . Mythology
One of Houyi's victims was a monstrous serpent in Lake Dongting, the xiushe 修蛇 "adorned/long snake" (or changshe 長蛇, cf. above). Eberhard [10] concludes giant snakes such as the xiushe, bashe, and ranshe "were typical for the South", but were not part of a snake cult like those among the ancient Baiyue.
In Greek mythology, Python (Greek: Πύθων; gen. Πύθωνος) was the serpent , sometimes represented as a medieval -style dragon , living at the center of the Earth , believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi .