Snake worship is devotion to serpent deities. The tradition is nearly universal in the religions and mythologies of ancient cultures, where snakes were...
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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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Vasuki (redirect from Vasuki (snake))
the mount of Vishnu. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasuki. Snake worship Manasa Shesha Handa, Om Chanda (2004), Naga Cults and Traditions in...
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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...
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recognized by her cobra (Shesha) Snake worship Look up snake goddess in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Media related to Snake goddesses at Wikimedia Commons...
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Naga Panchami (category Hindu snake worship)
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)...
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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...
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Naga people (Lanka) (section Snake worship)
Nadu referring to the Jaffna peninsula. The word "Naga" literally means "snake" or "serpent" in Sanskrit, Pali, Sinhala & Tamil language. According to...
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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...
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Nāga (redirect from Naga (snake))
Viper pepper Phra Lak Phra Lam Rocket Festival Serpent (symbolism) Snake worship Vritra Kathiragesu Indrapala writes that "In the traditions preserved...
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