The serpent, its veneration and related symbolism, constitute one of the enigmas and mysteries of Yezidism. Many present-day Yezidi myths concerning the serpent are most probably of a secondary nature ...

The ancient world is filled with strange and powerful beings whose stories shaped the way people understood creation. Among ...

National Serpent Day is observed annually on Feb. 1 to honor snakes, one of the oldest mythological symbols. More than 3,000 species of snakes are found on Earth – the smallest of them is the Barbados ...

As such, they have needed to develop their own symbols to represent this new pan-identity, and the ubiquity of the Rainbow Serpent in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous societies makes it well placed ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Virtually unknown to Greek philologists is the fact that there are 41 nouns employed by the ancient Greeks to denote a snake and the various ...

While Americans sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner this past Thursday, two of the British royals were enjoying a much ...

A mural of the Rainbow Serpent in the NSW town of Bourke, pictured in 2015. Mick Tsikas/AAPPrior to colonisation there were approximately 250 different Aboriginal languages spoken by some 500 clans ...