It has been told that it is coloured in resemblence to the rainbow.
Not alot in known about the serpent's appearence except that it has a serpentine body.
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Damballah-Wedo is depicted as a serpent or snake, and his veves reflect this aspect of him. Danbala is also often r
His wife is the rainbow serpent [[Ayida Wedo]] (he is also married to Erzulie Freda).
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A couatl resembles a long, feathered serpent with a pair of rainbow-feathered wings that allow it to fly. Its powerful mind is capable of great
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...publication of his ''The Great Sea Serpent'' which suggested that many sea serpent reports were best accounted for as a previously unknown giant, long-necked
* [[Jörmungandr]], the Norse Midgard Serpent.
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...tl (Plumed Serpent), who was balanced by the evil spirit of sacrifice, the Serpent of Obsidian Knives which was one of the four pillars supporting the sky. In
...rbolt. In another myth, the creator Brahma slept on the coils of the world-serpent Shesha (or Ananta the endless; a part of Vishnu, the child of the primordia
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The Ouroboros, (Ourorboros, Oroborus, Uroboros or Uroborus) is an ancient serpent or dragon swallowing its own tail and forming a circle. The ouroboros has b
In some representations the serpent is shown as half light and half dark, echoing symbols such as the Yin Yang,
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...ragon''' is a mythical creature typically depicted as a large and powerful serpent or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Myt
...dence because it represents the unity of Heaven and Earth by combining the serpent form (earthbound) with the bat/bird form (airborne).
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The '''nagas''' are an ancient race of semi divine serpent creatures beings first depicted in ancient Vedic Hindu mythology and oral f
...led Nagis or Naginis. In the East Indian pantheon it is connected with the Serpent Spirit and the Dragon Spirit.
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...has changed over the ages, but it is most often considered a chicken-like serpent with anywhere from four to eight legs. It is extremely venomous, and its ga
* [[Yamata no Orochi|Eight-Forked Serpent]] - A massive serpent with eight heads and eight tails. Its eyes are a deep red, and trees are sa
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...ed a pharmacological case for zombies in two books - ''The Serpent and the Rainbow'' (1985) and ''Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie'
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