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  2. Exeter Book Riddle 12 - Wikipedia

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    I travel by foot, trample the ground, the green fields, as long as I carry a spirit [i.e. as long as I am living]. If I lose my life, I bind fast dark Welshmen; sometimes better men. On occasion, I give a brave warrior drink from within me, sometimes a very stately bride treads her foot on me; sometimes a dark-haired slave-girl

  3. Matthew 10:16 - Wikipedia

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    Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. The New International Version translates the passage as: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

  4. The Curse of Yig - Wikipedia

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    In 1889, upon arriving in Oklahoma, a couple learn about local legends surrounding a "snake god" called Yig, which takes vengeance on anyone who kills a serpent by either killing them or turning them into a half-snake monster. The husband has an intense fear of snakes, and his wife kills a nest of rattlesnakes at one of their campsites. The ...

  5. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The serpent in Psalm 91:13 is identified as Satan by Christians: [39] "super aspidem et basiliscum calcabis conculcabis leonem et draconem" in the Latin Vulgate, literally "The asp and the basilisk you will trample under foot; you will tread on the lion and the dragon". This passage is commonly interpreted by Christians as a reference to Christ ...

  6. Everything You Need to Know About ‘The Ballad of Songbirds ...

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    Here's what you need to know about The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. When does The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes take place? The film and book take place during the 10th ...

  7. Snake handling in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Hensley was a minister of the Church of God, now known as the Church of God (Cleveland), founded by Richard Spurling and A. J. Tomlinson.In 1922, Hensley resigned from the Church of God, [10] citing "trouble in the home"; [11] his resignation marked the zenith of the practice of snake handling in the denomination, with the Church of God disavowing the practice of snake handling during the 1920s.

  8. George Went Hensley - Wikipedia

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    George Went Hensley (May 2, 1881 – July 25, 1955) was an American Pentecostal minister best known for popularizing the practice of snake handling.A native of rural Appalachia, Hensley experienced a religious conversion around 1910: on the basis of his interpretation of scripture, he came to believe that the New Testament commanded all Christians to handle venomous snakes.

  9. Staff of Moses - Wikipedia

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    The staff is referred to in in Islam as an ʿaṣā (Arabic: عصا), a stick or staff, with various applications and miraculous uses in ten different Quranic verses.It is narrated in Kitab al-Kafi that Ja'far al-Sadiq claims that the "Tablets of Moses and the Staff of Moses are with us.