Two Minoan snakegoddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. The decades-long excavation programme...
Snakes in Mexican folk culture tell about the fear of the snake to the pregnant women where the snake attacks the umbilical cord. The Great Goddess often...
house made of cork, the Karandi is decorated with images of snakes, the snakegoddess, and snake legends on its walls and roof (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 6)...
Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity, wealth, fortune, and fertility Manasa, snakegoddess associated with fertility and prosperity Matrikas, a group of 7-16 goddesses...
deification of the scorpion Ta-Bitjet, Egyptian goddess with antivenomous secretions, consort to Horus Snakegoddess (set index article) Archi, Alfonso (2020)...
Manasa (Sanskrit: मनसा, romanized: Manasā) is a Hindu goddess of snakes. She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, South Assam and other parts...
other depictions as a snake rearing at enemies. An explanation for her depiction as a lion headed goddess may stem from the goddess Sekhmet through association...
crops." To the Hopi, snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars—sometimes...
nature / mother goddess, archaeologists have identified a mountain goddess, worshipped at peak sanctuaries, a dove goddess, a snakegoddess perhaps protectress...
of the Great Goddess-minor goddess complex found in the relation between the Scythian Great Goddess Artimpasa and the Snake-Legged Goddess. These various...
nature/mother goddess, archaeologists have identified a mountain goddess, worshipped at peak sanctuaries, a dove goddess, a snakegoddess perhaps protectress...
breasts were also prominent in Minoan art in the form of the famous SnakeGoddess statuettes, and a few other pieces, though most female breasts are covered...
Eir, goddess associated with medical skill Alardy, god who heals skin diseases Haoma, god of health Eshmun, god of healing Angitia, snakegoddess associated...
represented the earth. She was the mother of the god Nepri. Later, as a snakegoddess worshiped over the whole of Lower Egypt, Renenutet was increasingly...
trees, snakes, and the Gorgoneion. In art, she is generally depicted wearing a helmet and holding a spear. From her origin as an Aegean palace goddess, Athena...
described in the year 2021. The snake is named after Bai Suzhen, the snakegoddess from the Chinese tale "Legend of the White Snake", who is revered as a deity...
Eingana is a creator goddess in Australian Aboriginal mythology (specifically: Jawoyn). Otherwise known as the "Dreamtime Snake", she is the mother of...
Yolngu rainbow snakegoddess associated with initiation, fertility, rebirth and water Karora, creator god Kunapipi, a mother goddess and the patron deity...
known as Wenut or Wenet, was a prehistoric Ancient Egyptian hare and snakegoddess of fertility and new birth. Known as "The swift one", the animal sacred...
millennium BC. In Egypt, the goddess Wadjet (eye of the moon) was depicted as a snake-headed woman or a woman with two snake-heads. Her oracle was in the...
as many now-famous artifacts including the Bull-Leaping Fresco, the snakegoddess figurines, and numerous Linear B tablets. While Evans is often credited...
from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE, including: Bull's head rhyton from Knossos Snakegoddess figurines Tools and weapons, mostly cast in bronze Cups with Linear...
also prominent in the Minoan civilization in the form of the famous SnakeGoddess statuettes.[citation needed] In Ancient Greece there were several cults...
possible sun goddess, whose cult has become that of Virgin Mary Nossa Senhora de Antime. Possibly the SnakeGoddess. Sehul eye of Dyēws Aurora, goddess of dawn...
god Asuang and a mortal. Half-snake demigoddess who brought peace to the land. Labaw Dongon: son of the Suludnon goddess Alunsina (or Laun Sina) and the...
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