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Old 14-06-2018, 01:46 PM
Heather Aine Heather Aine is offline
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OOOOOHHHH MY GOODNESS. There are so many, so many.
There is a global mytheme about the Serpent Gods who dwell either in the "Underworld" or underwater. They are in Celtic, Norse, Greek, Persian, Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese, Korean, African, and Native American myths, with names like Vritra, Apep, GongGong, Echidna, Gollveig and her Jotunn (similar to the Fomorians), Kaliya, etc. The story of Bulukiya is another. There was an entire race called Naga, which some people believe were also the "Annunaki" or "Annu Naga" and the worshippers or offspring of those "Gods" still exist to this day in an isolated community in India. In Africa, many tribes worship whole families as descendants of ancient Loa - snake gods and some of the notions were carried over the sea to become Haitian Voodoo, so some forms of serpent worship are still alive and well today.
One common theme is that they have a burning desire for gold and riches, and so some people equate the aspect of the Serpent with the human traits of chaos and greed, but there are so many stories told by so many different peoples that it seems like something a bit more than mere "storytelling" is going on.
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