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    The Snake Temple (Chinese: 蛇庙; pinyin: Shé Miào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tsuâ-biō), also known as the Temple of the Azure Clouds, is a Chinese temple within George...
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    alone to Jinshan Temple, where Fahai imprisons him, telling him that he must live in the temple in order to save himself from the snake demons. Bai Suzhen...
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    Southern Shaolin Temple in Fukien Province was sometimes known as "the snake temple". Snake style kung fu was practiced at this temple as well as dragon...
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    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...
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    Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (/sɜːrˈpɛntiːz/). Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates...
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    Bai Suzhen (redirect from Madam White Snake)
    Palace, Beijing, China, depicting the legend White Snake Temple in Taiwan Statutes in the White Snake Temple Bai Suzhen in an opera portraying the legend Statutes...
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    "Serpent-worship". "Legendary Snakes", Indian Times—Spirituality, December 9, 2004 "Snake Worship" Entheogens and snake lore Mannarasala Snake Temple...
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    Nagaraja temple "Mannarasala" in Haripad is nestled in a forest glade, like most snake temples. The Mannarasala Temple has over 100,000 images of snakes along...
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    45°15′18″N 30°12′15″E / 45.25500°N 30.20417°E / 45.25500; 30.20417 Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island, White Island, Island of Achilles or...
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    the Wagler's pit viper include temple viper, temple pit viper, bamboo snake, temple snake, speckled pit viper, and temple pitviper. The Wagler's pit viper...
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  • beaked snake Ball Python Bird snake Black-headed snake Mexican black kingsnake Black rat snake Black snake Red-bellied black snake Blind snake Brahminy...
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    Kovil". The temple car festival is held in the month of Chithirai.The temple also emerged prosperous during the reign of Tenkasi Pandyas. A snake pit found...
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    Swamy temple Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple Koodalmanikyam Temple Kottiyoor Temple Lokanarkavu Temple Mannarasala Snake Temple Muthappan Temple Oachira...
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  • Miracle of the Ark" (Raiders of the Lost Ark) Snake Temple: "Slalom on Mt. Humol" (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) Mudslide: "Belly of the Steel Beast"...
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  • White Snake (simplified Chinese: 白蛇:缘起; traditional Chinese: 白蛇:緣起; pinyin: Báishé: Yuánqǐ; Wade–Giles: Pai2shê2: Yüan2ch'ih3; lit. 'White Snake: The Origin')...
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    temple, especially its crypts, contain several reliefs depicting statues of Harsomtus, sometimes syncretized with Ra, in the form of an upright snake...
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    neighbourhood of Bayan Baru. The Snake Temple is said to be the only Chinese temple in the world to be inhabited by snakes. Built in the 1850s, it has attracted...
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    foothill as Bhuj. Bhujang was later worshiped by the people as snake god, Bhujanga, and a temple was constructed in his reverence. The hill is 160 metre high...
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  • with steel to assist in his recovery. King Snake later joins the terrorist cult Kobra and battles Danny Temple for leadership. After being defeated, he...
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    Snake charming is the practice of appearing to hypnotize a snake (often a cobra) by playing and waving around an instrument called a pungi. A typical performance...
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  • information related to Erycina. Erycinae, a subfamily of snakes Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill) Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill) This disambiguation...
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  • or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have...
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    place across the city, including at the Chinese clan houses and the Snake Temple. Hokkien households celebrate the Jade Emperor's Birthday, known colloquially...
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    Naga Panchami (category Hindu snake worship)
    abode of snakes. On top of this hill there is a fort known as the Bhujia Fort where a temple has been built for the snake god and a second temple is at the...
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  • a monk, White Snake appears at the temple and begs for the return of her husband. When Fat-hoi refuses, Green Snake joins White Snake and calls the monk...
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    Nāga (redirect from Naga (snake))
    as those found in Balinese temples, Ubud monkey forest, and Taman Sari in Yogyakarta. In a wayang theater story, a snake-like god (nāga) named Sanghyang...
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    the walls in the temple. A stone lion (the vahana of the goddess), stands behind the statue. The crown contains a five headed snake. Furthermore, she...
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    The Legend of the White Snake, also known as Madame White Snake, is a Chinese legend and one of China's Four Great Folktales of Chinese literature. Stories...
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  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a script by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz...
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    Vasuki (redirect from Vasuki (snake))
    sister Vinata. Condemned to burn with numerous brothers in King Janamejaya's snake sacrifice, he sought refuge with the devas, participating in the churning...
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