Snake worship is devotion to serpent deities. The tradition is nearly universal in the religions and mythologies of ancient cultures, where snakes were...

Two Minoan snake goddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. The decades-long excavation programme...

the mount of Vishnu. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasuki. Snake worship Manasa Shesha Handa, Om Chanda (2004), Naga Cults and Traditions in...

The Worship of the Serpent is an 1833 study, written by the clergyman John Bathurst Deane, of snake worship and specifically the snake mentioned in the...

recognized by her cobra (Shesha) Snake worship Look up snake goddess in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Media related to Snake goddesses at Wikimedia Commons...

Goddess often had snakes as her familiars—sometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Crete—and they were worshipped as guardians of her...

नागपञ्चमी, IAST: Nāgapañcamī) is a day of traditional worship of nagas (or najas or nags) or snakes (which are associated with the mythical Nāga beings)...

Nadu referring to the Jaffna peninsula. The word "Naga" literally means "snake" or "serpent" in Sanskrit, Pali, Sinhala & Tamil language. According to...

Manasa (Sanskrit: मनसा, romanized: Manasā) is a Hindu goddess of snakes. She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, South Assam and other parts...

Viper pepper Phra Lak Phra Lam Rocket Festival Serpent (symbolism) Snake worship Vritra Kathiragesu Indrapala writes that "In the traditions preserved...

land of snakes and is steeped in tradition regarding snakes. Snakes are worshipped as gods even today with many women pouring milk on snake pits (despite...

songs are related to worship, ritual, custom and exorcism. The Pulluva art is expressed in the background of snake-worship, ghost worship and magic. The Pulluvar...

for Satan Rimmon—Syrian devil worshipped at Damascus Sabazios—Phrygian origin, identified with Dionysos, snake worship Sammael—(Hebrew) "venom of God"...

Nagavanshi (IAST: Nāgavaṃśī) refers to several Indian Kshatriya dynasties or ruling groups claiming descent from the mythical Nāgas. Along with Suryavanshi...

parts of the Old World, and in the Americas. In India snake worship refers to the high status of snakes in Hindu mythology. Over a large part of India, there...

told Parasurama to start worshipping Anantha the king of snakes. Parasurama did so and Anantha advised him to start snake worship in Kerala and provide some...

sustain themselves. The Kalbelias are Cultural Hindus and practice snake worship; they worship the Nāga and Manasa, and their holy day is Naga Panchami. The...

battalion in the Indian Army. The serpent is worshipped by Nair families as a guardian of the clan. The worship of snakes, a Dravidian custom, is so prevalent...

were worshiped were depicted in the form of some sort of snake or snake-like being: In the ancient China of the Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), worship of...

Narayana Ningishzida Ophites Protoevangelium Rod of Asclepius Serpent seed Snake worship Staff of Moses Graf, Fritz (2018). "Travels to the Beyond: A Guide"...

region by snake worshipers, an example of which is the Vasuki temple in Than. In and around Thane are found temples in the form of the god of snakes. Their...

Ningishzida Ophites Rod of Asclepius Serpent Column Serpent symbolism Snake worship Staff of Moses Teraphim Uraeus Wadjet "II Kings 18:4". www.sefaria.org...

Fijians also believed in a serpent-god called Degei. Naga Kingdom Naga Snake worship Brahmavaivarta Purana Sri-Krishna Janma Khanda (Fourth Canto) Chapter...

the snake gods and thereby to bring prosperity to the family. Snakes and Snake worship, primarily the cobra and associated sub species of snakes have...

archaeologist Arthur Evans. Evans discovered the snake tubes in 1901 and hypothesized that early Minoans worshipped a snake god or goddess based on only two tubes...

was a devout member of the orgiastic snake-worshiping cult of Dionysus, and he suggests that she slept with snakes in her bed. After her son's death, Olympias...

people of Nagavanshi descent, thus maybe snake worship was popularised by them. Though most rituals of snake worship are done by Brahmins, there is not a...

his epithets Sheshanaga (Sanskrit: शेषनाग, romanized: Śeṣanāga, lit. 'The snake Shesha') and Adishesha (Sanskrit: आदिशेष, romanized: Ādiśeṣa, lit. 'First...

fields of rice and barley, textile deity (タンモノ様, Tanmono-Sama), or snake worship, like Hasshaku-sama (八尺様, Eight Feet Tall). It could also possibly be...

commonly depicted as snake-like with four legs. Academicians have identified four reliable theories on the origin of the Chinese dragon: snakes, Chinese alligators...