Origin of horned serpent

Motif

Origin of horned serpent.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of fish and other animals. · Creation of reptiles. · view the constellation · filed as A2145.0.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVII LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Literary Crystallization The Prophetic Books of William Blake (Sampson's Oxford Blake) , The Book of Ahania
Ancient Egyptian The Egyptian Book of the Dead , Chapter CLXIII
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLIII XLIII. Dionysus
Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter VII: The Myth of Man in the Mysteries

Cited in the index

general N. Am. Indian (Creek): Swanton BBAE LXXXVIII 32f.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of snake (serpent).

Filed beside it

Snake from blood of slain monster. Medusa. (Cf. A1724, A2001.) Snake preserved in ark: to stop hole with tail Snake created to suck poison from earth Snake from devil's slaver Adder harmful to holy person transformed to blindworm. (Cf. A1710, A1730, A2231.7.)

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