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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
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]
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.
Raven Spirit (Native American, Norse, and Siberian) – Trickster spirit; Ratatoskr – Squirrel spirit; Raystown Ray (American Folklore) – Possible plesiosaur or serpent; Redcap – Evil, ugly humanoid; Re’em – Gigantic land animal; Reichsadler – Eagle, sometimes depicted with two heads; Rephaite – Giant
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.
Loki (Norse mythology) – God of night; Lo-lol – Hideous monster; Lóng – Chinese dragon; Long Ma – Dragon-horse hybrid; Loogaroo (French America) – Shapeshifting, female vampire; Lou Carcolh – Snake-mollusk hybrid; Loup-garou – Werewolf; Loveland frog (American Folklore) – Cryptid, Humanoid Frog
Monster may also be Native, but name was given from Native language by local whites & not the original name, if so. Sea goat – Half goat, half fish; Selkie – Shapeshifting seal people; Water bull – Nocturnal amphibious bull; Water Horse – General name for mythical water dwelling horses of many cultures
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.