Venomous serpent. (Cf. B776.5.3.)
Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Other fanciful traits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B776.7
Attested across traditions
- Norse The Poetic Edda
, HYMISKVITHA
receipt
“The venomous serpent | swiftly up To the boat did Thor, | the bold one, pull;”
- Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
, Chapter 3
receipt
“Sometimes, at night, he appeared in the shape of a venomous serpent.”