People born in the year of the snake are often associated with being elegant mysterious and highly intelligent. The snake symbolizes healing and rebirth because of its ability to shed its skin and emerge a new snakes ho...
Names From History and Fiction Perhaps the most famous snake of all time comes from the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden. Hinduism and Greek and Norse mythology also offer some well-known snakes to consider. You can have some fun picking names from pop culture references to literature and...
* See Names and Places at the end of this volume for further information. Ivy. The leaves and vine of the ivy, which remain green year round, often symbolize immortality The plant was associated with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine (Roman Bacchus), who wore a crown of ivy and carried ...
Alternative names/spellings: Azure Snake Bashe Blue Snake Cyonoeides Pashe Name analysis: 巴蛇 (Pinyin: bāshé, Wade-Giles: pa-she) Type:Great Serpent Origin: Chinese Mythology, Greek Mythology, Indian Mythology About Pa Snake Pa Snakes are gigantic serpents or pythons[4]so large they devou...
Their names were Stheno, Euryale and the third was Medousa (Medusa), the only mortal one: thus it was her head that Perseus was sent to bring back. The Gorgones' heads were entwined with the horny scales of serpents, and they had big tusks like hogs, bronze hands, and wings of gold...
(1965), thoroughly reviews man’s relationships with snakes, including culture, mythology, medicine, and exploitation.The Ultimate Guide: Snakes(1997), a video produced for the Discovery Channel byPartridge Films, portrays snakes in the wild and also includes computer graphics and interviews with ...
Fragments of mythology found in folk traditions, legends, and fairy tales; elements of ancient beliefs occurring in written records from later periods; linguistic data revealing the names of deities and sacred places; and archaeological findings all contribute to the v...
That night, Enkidu dreams that the gods have decided that he must die for his role in killing the Bull of Heaven. His death will also be the punishment for his dear friend Gilgamesh. Enkidu falls ill Gilgamesh was a Sumerian king and popular hero in the mythology of the ancient Near Ea...
* See Names and Places at the end of this volume for further information. pyre pile of wood on which a dead body is burned in a funeral ceremony Quetzalcoatl's departure from his people was the work of his old enemy, Tezcatlipoca, who wanted people to make bloodier sacrifices than the...
Cults developed around several Egyptian creator gods: Amun and Atum, the sun gods; Khnum, who made men and women from clay and breathed life into them; and Ptah, who created the other gods by saying their names. Aztec mythology tells of four creator gods, each associated with a direction...