Why do humans worship serpent?

Snake images appear in many cultures around the world, from Ancient Greece to Maya, in legends and religions. The snake often referred to symbolizes evil, but in many parts of the world they are sanctified and worshiped.

In Australia , worshipers worship and worship giant rainbow snakes. For them, rainbow snakes represent water, the oldest spiritual entity.

In Africa , snake images are worshiped in many countries, in various forms of expression. In the Congo, the supreme power of heaven is the Goat snake, no one can sit on its back. Those who climb up are falling right down. The Ngbandi people of northern Congo worship the serpent as if worshiping the nation's supreme deity .

The Whydah see the serpent like sacred gods. If anyone accidentally killed them, they will be punished, even if it is a foreigner who will be beheaded.

In Jolo , West Virginia, the United States has a group of extremists who like to use poisonous snakes and drink their venom in mysterious religious rituals. They believe that if they do it, they will gain the power of the Lord and can heal all diseases.

Snakes are seen as a symbol of immortality in India.(Photo: Flickriver.com)

Some localities of Liberia are solid with beliefs about divination and prophecy. People in southern Nigeria conceive, every serpent has a human soul inside it. The soul released by the ritual after the reptile's death and any criminal act against the snake is a crime against the ancestors.

The snakes enter into Egyptian religions as a symbol of the spirit, of enchantment, sometimes believed as a prophecy, a prophecy, even a supreme being. In ancient times, Egyptians believed that snakes were the gods of kings.

In Europe , snake worship is common among residents living around the river basin. Some places like Poland, each household often keeps a snake in the house as a guardian god. Here, snakes are sanctified, worshiped and worshiped.

In the small forest of Apollo in Epirus , large festivals are held every year, nude virgin nuns carrying sacred snake sacrificial food.

In Denmark and some British islands, snake worship is associated with sacrificial rituals. People often organize these rituals at mounds, near lakes and sacrifice offerings to snakes.

In the Americas , some Aboriginal tribes venerate rattlesnakes like the king of snakes. Snake is considered as the intersection between the two worlds with people of many Central American cultures. Not only is the symbol of the god of creation, the Mexicans see snake as the patron of the family. People can let it live like family members.

Naga snake god in Cambodia.

In Asia, in Iran , the owner of the legendary Babylon Hanging Gardens, traces of sacred serpent worship have been found, the circle carved on the walls of the cave. The ancient Persians worshiped the serpent very sincerely, respectfully and snakes were regarded as their greatest gods.

Snakes are seen as a symbol of immortality in India. Snake worship has been deeply rooted in the cultural life of the country's many territory residents. During the festival that takes place in July every year, snakes are bathed with milk and people seduce snakes by playing music. People for snake bites have broken their fangs and venom pecked on their heads to pray for protection and protection. Shiva, the god with a snake wrapped around his neck, is a symbol of the Indian worship culture of the snake.

In China or Southeast Asian countries, snake worship is also very popular. In the folk beliefs of Cambodians, Naga snake god is a sacred dark god . In Vietnamese folklore, snakes are also a powerful image of obsession.

Why is snake worshiped?

For Vietnamese people, snakes are evil, scary, unfriendly animals. But it is because of that characteristic that people sanctify snakes, worship solid as a deity to pray to snakes, wishing not to be harmed by snakes.

In some countries around the world, people are not afraid of snakes, they treat snakes as friends and can live and breed solid in the house. Their worship of snakes comes from the myths of snake-feathered birds, feathered snakes, half-snake and half-snake monsters, very solid rainbow snakes.

In stories that explain why people worship snakes, this animal is portrayed in a strange and powerful form. However, the most convincing explanation comes from the actual shape and characteristics of this particular animal.

Snakes are mysterious animals with humans.

Snakes are animals that cause fear and respect. Snakes have a special attraction, and also a killing machine. Snakes live in most places on the planet.

Snakes have all colors, sizes, can live in most natural environments, from high mountains to deep sea, from desert to dense forests, trees or underground. Although there is no leg, the ability of the snake to move is very fast without causing noise. Snakes can move many positions: horizontal, straight, half-vertical cows . For humans, snakes are both harmful and beneficial.

The snake also has the characteristic of skinning, so it symbolizes rebirth and immortality . Because the object is very elusive, always giving people surprise and mystery, snakes are often deified as such.