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2 days ago · The head of a fire-serpent can just be seen on the end of the horizontal drill base in the clearest of the three scenes of new fire drilling in the manuscript (pic 4); below it emerges a double stream of water and fire, the Mexica symbol of war.
3 days ago · Aztec stone fire serpent, British Museum Mexico Gallery (Click on image to enlarge) Double-headed serpents feature strongly in the myths and religion of ancient Mexico, and Mesoamerica in general: one of the region’s most important deities was of course Quetzalcóatl, the Feathered Serpent (read more on this in our feature on D H Lawrence and ...
4 days ago · Article. The Ulunsuti tales of the Cherokee deal with the mystical jewel, the Ulunsuti ("transparent"), a diamond on the forehead of the great horned serpent Uktena. The Ulunsuti appears in several Cherokee legends, but the story is developed through three tales dealing with its discovery and power, all encouraging belief in and respect for ...
4 days ago · Statue of the Aztec wind god Ehécatl, height 195 cms., andesite (volcanic rock), Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne, Germany. This sculpture represents Quetzalcóatl (‘Feathered Serpent’) in his guise as the god of wind, Ehécatl (‘wind’ in Náhuatl).
2 days ago · Heracles slaying the Lernaean Hydra A fire-breathing monster with multiple serpent heads. When one head was cut off, two would grow in its place. It lived in a swamp near Lerna. Hera had sent it in hopes it would destroy Heracles's home city because she thought it was invincible.
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2 days ago · Typhon (/ ˈtaɪfɒn, - fən /; Ancient Greek: Τυφῶν, romanized: Typhôn, [tyːpʰɔ̂ːn]), also Typhoeus (/ taɪˈfiːəs /; Τυφωεύς, Typhōeús), Typhaon (Τυφάων, Typháōn) or Typhos (Τυφώς, Typhṓs), was a monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology. According to Hesiod, Typhon was the son of Gaia and Tartarus.
5 days ago · Norse mythology has a giant wolf, Fenrir; and a “world serpent,” Jörmungandr; and Surtr, a mountain-sized jötunn with a skyscraper-sized flaming sword. Indian mythology has the Rakshasas, man-eating demi-gods with tiger-like fangs and claws who can change size at will.
