The constellation
B765 Fanciful qualities of snakes. (Cf. B91.3, B751.1, B752.2.)
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- Fanciful habits of animals · B750 entry
beneath it
- Snake takes tail in mouth and rolls like wheel · B765.1 entry
- Snake lays aside his crown to bathe · B765.2 entry
- Snake sucks poisonous dew from grass · B765.3 entry
- Snake milks cows at night · B765.4 entry
- Snake crawls from sleeper's mouth · B765.5 entry
- Snake eats milk and bread with child · B765.6 entry
- Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces · B765.7 entry
- Snake sucks poison from bite it has itself made · B765.8 entry
- Poisonous snakes in certain region have no venom · B765.9 entry
- Snake cracks self like coach whip and chases man · B765.10 entry
- Snake's venom kills tree · B765.11 entry
- Venomous snakes play with precious stones · B765.12 entry
- Copperhead guides rattlesnake to its prey · B765.13 entry
- Snake has hypnotic stare: person cannot move · B765.14 entry
- Snake stands up, whistles · B765.15 entry
- Snake has stinger · B765.16 entry
- Bullets have no effect on giant serpent; only stroke of lightning effective · B765.17 entry
- Snake avoids object · B765.18 entry
- Detached snake fang kills person or animal · B765.19 entry
- Snake kills man who has killed snake's mate · B765.20 entry
- Snake revives snakes which have been injured (the doctor snake) · B765.21 entry
- King snake: kills and eats any snake that does not accept his authority · B765.22 entry
- Snake with legs · B765.23 entry
- Dragon fly serves as snake's servant, feeds snake; it is called snake-feeder · B765.24 entry
cross-ref
- Snake swallows young to protect them · B751.1 entry
- Snake does not die before sunset · B752.2 entry
- Horned snake · B91.3 entry
- Snakes put to sleep by music on harp. (Cf. B765, D1275.1.) · D1962.5 entry