The snake is a symbol that has left a noticeable mark on the history and culture of many countries. For many centuries, it has caused people to associate with death and rebirth at the same time. Some peoples deified reptiles, others trembled before them. What is known about this mysterious symbol, which haunts researchers even today?
Snake - a symbol of healing
Historians believe that people first guessed to use the image of a snake as an emblem of healing back in the second millennium BC. This happened in Ancient Babylon, which researchers explain by the animal cult that existed in this state. Initially, the reptile was depicted without attributes, but gradually they appeared.
Of course, one cannot fail to mention the most famous symbol. A bowl with a snake is an emblem that appeared in medicine around the seventh century BC. At the same time, the image of Aesculapius' daughter Hygea, holding a vessel and a reptile, was actively used. As you know, in ancient times, many diseases were treated with the help and the bowl served as a receptacle for him. The return of this image, forgotten for many years, took place already in the 16th century on the initiative of Paracelsus.
What other attributes was added to (snake)? The ancient people did not limit themselves to the cup; the staff of Asclepius was also popular. Asclepius is a mythical Greek healer who was attributed to divine origin. Among his many talents was the ability to raise the dead. Legend has it that once it was the snake that helped the healer to revive the murdered son.
Christianity
The snake is a symbol that in the Christian faith is associated with good and evil at the same time. On the one hand, the image of a reptile shedding its skin is associated with Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself and ascended to heaven.
On the other hand, in the Bible, the serpent is presented as a tempter, deftly seducing Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Therefore, this image speaks of treachery, greed, rebelliousness. It is not surprising that the reptile was often endowed with a female head, such drawings symbolized temptation, temptation.
Buddhism, Hinduism
The snake is a symbol that has been noted not only in the Christian religion. For example, in Hinduism, sacred cobras enjoyed great respect, which were considered as protectors. The Hindus believed that reptiles were guarding the gods while they were enjoying their rest. It is not surprising that the image of Vishnu sitting in a cobra ring has become widespread.
In general, there was an ambivalent attitude towards snakes in Buddhism. On the one hand, the followers of this religion also worshiped cobras. This is confirmed by the image of the Buddha, who is comfortably located in the shade of a cobra, protecting him from the sun with the help of his hoods. Some Buddhists even saw in snakes (cobras) the most powerful god who reincarnates in order to save humanity from hunger and disease.
On the other hand, the creeping reptile, depicted next to a pig and a rooster, was viewed by adherents of religion as a symbol of sins.
Greece, Rome
The snake is a symbol of wisdom. This statement was never questioned by the inhabitants of Ancient Greece, who loved to portray a reptile in the hands of famous healers and saviors: Hippocrates, Aesculapius, Hermes. In addition, the snake was considered the incarnation of the legendary healer Aesculapius, who is credited with significant achievements in the field of medicine.
The fact that the inhabitants of the country dedicated this reptile to the god Apollo can serve as a confirmation that the snake is a symbol associated with wisdom in Ancient Greece. The Greeks had no doubt that the beautiful god not only protects people from the forces of darkness, but also gives them knowledge. A similar function was assigned to Athena, who was often depicted in company with a snake.
Of course, symbols with snakes were very popular in the territory of Ancient Rome. They were given a meaning similar to that described above, so reptiles were often depicted in the hands of local gods and heroes.
In Russian fairy tales
In Russian culture, the dual symbol of the snake has also been repeatedly noted. Its significance, as in most other countries, was attributed ambiguous. On the one hand, in many fairy tales you can find a mention of the fact that a person who ate the heart of a reptile will be able to learn the language of the animal and plant world. This suggests that creeping reptiles were associated in Russia with wisdom and knowledge.
On the other hand, the famous Serpent Gorynych acts as an insidious villain, with whom brave heroes are forced to risk their lives. Victory over him means nothing more than the absolute triumph of good over evil.
Two snakes
Often found in the culture of various countries and even more mysterious symbol - two snakes. If reptiles coiled with each other, such an emblem is associated with the union of two powerful forces - Destiny and Time. The image of two creeping reptiles, tightly grasping each other's tail, hints that even two complete opposites come from the same source.
The image of two snakes entwining a staff or a tree is also often found in culture. An example of such a symbol is the famous caduceus, an emblem used in medicine. It also points to the duality of reptiles, capable of bringing poison and healing, health and disease at the same time.
Various images
What does the image of an innocent child playing with a snake represent? Such a picture in many cultures is associated with a paradise lost and regained. She also talks about the liberation of the immortal soul from the perishable world. For some peoples, this image was considered as a symbol of triumph over enemies, liberation from slavery.
In some cultures, it is also customary to depict a snake next to a deer or eagle. This image speaks of the opposition of light and darkness, and it is the snake that is responsible for the darkness. The union of a creeping reptile with an eagle or deer indicates cosmic unity, balance. The reptile, which wraps around the female body, testifies to the relationship between the feminine and masculine. A snake curled up in a knot evokes associations with a hidden force that is already ready to break out, overcoming all obstacles in its path.
Alchemists and magicians have never doubted that the snake is a symbol of wisdom. Alchemists in the Middle Ages actively used the image of a snake entwining a pole. This picture symbolizes the subordination of the vital force. The symbol depicting a reptile crawling through a circle indicated alchemical fusion.
Different cultures
Why didn't the symbol (snake) play a special role in the culture of China? Because it was extremely rarely separated from the dragon, whose image from time immemorial attracted the Chinese. However, it is known that the creeping reptile in this country was associated with the most negative qualities - cunning, deceit, anger, hatred.
The Celts were much more supportive of reptiles, as evidenced by the surviving epics. They perceived snakes as symbols of rebirth and healing. They were often depicted with the head of a ram, horns - in this case, the emblem indicated masculine strength. And the image of the goddess Brigitte, who decorated her hair with a coiled snake, symbolized fertility, reliably protected the human kingdom from dark forces.
The Aztecs traditionally attributed power to snakes, the ability to command the elements. They also associated these symbols with knowledge, wisdom. In the legends of this people, snakes often played the role of mythical ancestors, brave heroes. Reptiles enjoyed great honor in Africa. They were seen as signs of imperial power, symbolized immortality, the return to the world of the living from the world of the dead.
Our days
It is curious that the snake symbol has managed to remain very popular today. It is this image that people from various countries invariably continue to choose, intending to get themselves a spectacular tattoo. The fair sex choose this image, as it is associated with temptation, the forbidden fruit. Men most like the symbols of cobras and other snakes, which can emphasize such qualities as power, the desire to dominate. Those who consider reptiles as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge, prefer pictures that depict snakes with bowls.
They are often interchangeable, and in the countries of the Far East, no distinction is made between them. The symbolic meaning of the snake is polyvalent.
It can be both male and female, as well as self-reproducing. As a killing being, it means death and annihilation; as a creature that periodically changes its skin - life and resurrection.
The snake coiled up in rings is identified with the cycle of phenomena. This is the solar principle, and the lunar, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, wisdom and blind passion, healing and poison, guardian and destroyer, spiritual and physical rebirth.
Phallic symbol, fertilizing male power, "husband of all women", the presence of a snake is almost always associated with pregnancy. The snake accompanies all female deities, including the Great Mother, and is often depicted in their arms or twisted around them. At the same time, the snake acquires feminine qualities, such as mystery, mystery and intuition, and symbolizes unpredictability, as it suddenly appears and suddenly disappears.
The snake was considered bisexual and was the emblem of all self-generating deities, also symbolizing the power of the fertility of the earth. It is a solar, chthonic, sexual, funeral and personifying the manifestation of power at any level, the source of all potential, both in the material sphere and in the spiritual, closely related to the concept of both life and death. Since the snake lives underground, it is in contact with the underworld and has access to the powers, omniscience and magic of the dead. The chthonic snake is a manifestation of the aggressive power of the gods of the underworld and darkness. She is universally considered the source of initiation and rejuvenation and the "mistress of the bowels". In its chthonic hypostasis, the snake is hostile to the Sun and all solar and spiritual forces, symbolizing the dark forces in man. At the same time, the positive and negative beginnings are in conflict, as in the case of Zeus and Typhon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Set, an eagle and a snake, etc.
It also symbolizes the primordial instinctive nature, the surge of vitality, uncontrolled and undifferentiated, potential energy, inspiring spirit. It is a mediator between Heaven and Earth, between earth and the underworld. The snake is associated with heaven, earth, water, and especially with the Cosmic Tree.
The Slavic amulet is made strictly individually for its owner using information about the name and date of birth. It all starts in a local smithy, where a red-hot alloy of three metals takes the shape of a circle - an ancient symbol of the cyclical nature of life. The front and back sides are turned by hand.
After that, the elder of the community - a Man of Great Power - performs a special rite with ancient pronunciations, during which a stamp in the form of a powerful rune is applied to the amulet.
The amulet is based on a combination of metal and stone, reflecting the unity of the physical and spiritual in a person. The red stone affects the energy centers and awakens a pillar of love energy in a person, which attracts the right people and necessary events into life.
"The dragon lived in poverty, because it was ruled by
the darkest and most shameful organs of my body. "
S. Yaroslavtsev "The Devil Among People"
Snake as a symbol
The snake is an eminently complex and universal symbol.
The snake and dragon are often interchangeable, and in the countries of the Far East, no distinction is made between them. The symbolic meaning of the snake is polyvalent.
It can be both male and female, as well as self-reproducing. As a killing being, it means death and annihilation; as a creature that periodically changes its skin - life and resurrection.
The snake coiled up in rings is identified with the cycle of phenomena. This is the solar principle, and the lunar, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, wisdom and blind passion, healing and poison, guardian and destroyer, spiritual and physical rebirth.
The phallic symbol, the fertilizing male force, the "husband of all women", the presence of the snake is almost always associated with pregnancy. The snake accompanies all female deities, including the Great Mother, and is often depicted in their arms or twisted around them. At the same time, the snake acquires feminine qualities, such as mystery, mystery and intuition, and symbolizes unpredictability, as it suddenly appears and suddenly disappears.
The snake was considered bisexual and was the emblem of all self-generating deities, also symbolizing the power of the fertility of the earth. It is a solar, chthonic, sexual, funeral and personifying the manifestation of power at any level, the source of all potential, both in the material sphere and in the spiritual, closely related to the concept of both life and death. Since the snake lives underground, it is in contact with the underworld and has access to the powers, omniscience and magic of the dead. The chthonic snake is a manifestation of the aggressive power of the gods of the underworld and darkness. She is universally considered the source of initiation and rejuvenation and the "mistress of the bowels". In its chthonic hypostasis, the snake is hostile to the Sun and all solar and spiritual forces, symbolizing the dark forces in man. At the same time, the positive and negative beginnings are in conflict, as in the case of Zeus and Typhon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Set, an eagle and a snake, etc.
It also symbolizes the primordial instinctive nature, the surge of vitality, uncontrolled and undifferentiated, potential energy, inspiring spirit. It is a mediator between Heaven and Earth, between earth and the underworld. The snake is associated with the sky, earth, water, and especially with the Cosmic Tree.
It is also a cloud dragon of darkness and guardian of treasures. The snake can symbolically depict the sun's rays, the path of the Sun in the sky, lightning and the power of water, being an attribute of all river deities.
The snake is knowledge, strength, deceit, refinement, cunning, darkness, evil and corruption, as well as the Tempter. "It is rock itself, fast as misfortune, unhurried as retribution, incomprehensible as fate." In the context of cosmology, the snake is the primordial ocean from which everything arises and into which everything returns, the primordial undifferentiated chaos. It can support the world or support it, or surround it, turning into an uroboros - a symbol of the cyclical manifestation and reverse absorption. The visible snake is only a perishable manifestation of the original, timeless Great Invisible Spirit, the master of all natural forces, spirit or principle of vitality. This is the god of the early cosmogony who later served as the starting point for more psychological and spiritual interpretations.
Snakes or dragons are the guardians of the doorstep, temples, treasures, esoteric knowledge and all lunar deities. They generate storms, control the forces of the waters, surround the waters with themselves, then blocking their path, then, on the contrary, bringing water to a person. They are called upon with all kinds of spells of the dead, crossing the waters of death. As a creature capable of moving without the help of legs or wings, the snake symbolizes the all-pervading spirit, as a creature that penetrates deep into crevices and crevices - the inner nature of man and conscience. The appearance of a snake can serve as a mask for evil forces, for example, for witches and sorcerers, symbolizing the evil and sinful side of nature. Sol niger ("black sun") is associated with the dark powers of the serpent. The Heavenly Serpent, like the Chinese Azure Dragon, symbolizes the rainbow. Both of them form a bridge from this world to another.
A child playing with a snake is a symbol of a newly acquired paradise, freedom from enmity and the end of a perishable world. A lion lying next to a lamb has a similar symbolism. A snake coiled in rings or a knot symbolizes the cyclical nature of phenomena, as well as hidden strength, dynamism, the potential for good or evil. If it is curled around an egg, it may represent the incubation of the life spirit; uroboros; the power of the waters surrounding the earth.
A snake coiled around a tree or any other "axial" symbol means the awakening of dynamic force, the spirit of everything growing, anima mundi, the cyclical nature of existence. If a snake appears next to the Tree of Life, then this is a favorable sign, but if with the Tree of Knowledge, then it is harmful and personifies the poison of evil inherent in the world of phenomena. A snake coiled around a woman (the Great Mother or the moon goddess) is a solar symbol, but together they represent the ratio of male and female. It is believed that a snake (like a toad) has a gem in its head and that it owns treasures and magic rings. When an eagle or a deer appears next to a snake, the latter symbolize the solar, explicit light, and the snake - darkness, everything unmanifest and chthonic; together they personify cosmic unity, universality; the conflict between them is dualism, the division into pairs of opposites and the war of the heavenly forces with the chthonic ones.
The eagle is often depicted holding the snake in its claws, and the deer trampling it with its hooves, which symbolizes the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, heavenly over earthly and spiritual forces over transient ones. The fiery snake is the solar principle, purification, transformation of the earthly state and going beyond it. The snake as a belt or bracelet symbolizes the eternal cycle of centuries, continuity, the cycle of decay and new integration.
The diamond-shaped pattern on the back of the snake symbolizes the phallic serpent and the female vulva as unity, duality and reunification of the solar and lunar, male and female, reconciliation of opposites, androgyne.
A ram-headed snake is an attribute of all gods with horns and a symbol of fertilizing power and fertility. Wave-like curving snakes or dragons personify the cosmic rhythm or the power of the waters.
Winged snakes or dragons are solar and symbolize the union of spirit and matter, the union of the eagle and the snake and all opposites, in addition, accelerated understanding.
The two snakes symbolize a dualistic pair of opposites, ultimately uniting. If they twine around a tree or a staff, then this is a spiral-like cyclical nature, two solstices, a pair of fundamental forces of folding and unfolding, the alchemical principle "solve et coagula". On the caduceus, they personify the homeopathic powers of healing and poison, disease and health, "nature can conquer nature." If they are coiled with each other, then it is Time and Destiny, two great binding forces. Two snakes or two dragons clinging to each other's tail means that, apparently contradicting each other, the forces and things in the realm of duality actually arise from the same source. Reptile eggs symbolize rebirth, and eyelidless snake eyes symbolize vigilance and wisdom. The snake often holds in its mouth a fruit or a healing herb of immortality. The symbolic meaning of the snake sometimes comes close to the symbolism of the bull and the ram, personifying the phallic, fertilizing and creative power. The rainbow snake that quenches its thirst in the sea is known in France, Africa, India and the American Indians.
In Africa, the snake is the emblem of royal power, the chariot of immortality, the embodiment of the dead.
In addition, the celestial serpent is identified with the rainbow and either surrounds the earth, or is the guardian of treasures or the spirit of thunder, associated with lightning. The rainbow snake wears its thirst in the sea. The snake can be a cultural hero or a mythical ancestor who taught a person the blacksmith's craft and the cultivation of cereals. Associated with water and fertility. There is also a cult of the sacred python.
In alchemy, a snake on a pole is the fixation of volatile mercury, the subordination of life force. A snake crawling through a circle means alchemical fusion.
For the American Indians, the snake is a thunderous creature, lightning, a carrier of rain, an enemy of the Thunderbird, lunar and magical power, the spear of the gods of war. A symbol of eternity and a harbinger of death. The horned snake is the spirit of water, its fertilizing power. Snakes are intermediaries between people and the lower world. Great Manitou takes the form of a serpent with horns with which he pierces the Toad or Dark Manitou, i.e. evil.
In Australian aborigines, the snake personifies the masculine principle, lightning. The presence of a snake is associated with pregnancy.
The year 2013 is the year of the Snake, the year of the black water Serpent... The year 2013 is, as it were, a continuation of 2012 in terms of elemental significance, since the year of the Dragon was also black and watery. What does the symbol of the black snake mean? and with what the symbolism of the Snake is associated in different cultures.
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Snake is an important symbol in almost all cultures of the world. On the one hand, the image of a snake is associated with death (the venomousness of snakes), on the other, it symbolizes rebirth, wisdom and power (shedding the skin, the healing properties of poison).
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Myths, tales and legends about the Snake
Snake symbol in various countries
Snake Symbol- a traditional symbol of wisdom and power. In the myths and legends of the countries of the Ancient East, echoes of the cult of snakes, often associated with the water element, are reflected.
Ancient Egyptian fairy tale tells the story of a sailor who was shipwrecked and thrown by a wave onto a wonderful island. Soon he heard a loud noise: “ the trees trembled, the earth shook. I opened my face and realized that it was a snake that was approaching. His length is 30 cubits, his beard is more than 2 cubits, his limbs are gilded, his eyebrows are made of real lapis lazuli. He was moving forward». Serpent is called in this tale "the prince of Punta" - the legendary land of incense, "the land of the gods."
Another, later egyptian tale talks about an immortal snake guarding a wonderful book at the bottom of the sea.
In oriental mythology boundaries between snakes and dragons are often blurred. If the snake acts as an independent symbol, it can personify a negative beginning.
At the same time in chinese fairy tales snakes sometimes give pearls to their saviors. The Chinese believed that snake skin brings wealth, and a dreaming snake hints at sexual energy.
In Japanese mythology the image of a snake is associated with female deities, in particular with the figure of the "Eternal Mother". At the same time, in Japan, the snake is an attribute of the god of thunder and thunderstorms. In the modern world, the snake as an ancient zoomorphic symbol is considered a symbol of longevity and wisdom.
Ancient Indians believed that, together with the elephant and the turtle, the snake could serve as the support of the world. The thousand-headed serpent ruler Ananta, whose rings twine around the axis of the world, in Hinduism personifies boundless fertility.
That is why in modern India snake, cobra - a symbol of happiness in marriage.
Traditions of Babylon and Assyria, Jewish and Abyssinian legends associate prehistoric times with the kingdom of the serpent. Here is what the Abyssinian legend says about it: “ There is a great serpent; he is the king of the land of Ethiopia; all the rulers bow to him and bring him a beautiful maiden as a gift. Having decorated it, they bring a serpent before this and leave it alone, and this serpent devours it ... The length of this serpent is 170 cubits, and its thickness is 4; his teeth are one cubit long, and his eyes are like a flame of fire, his eyebrows are black like a raven, and his whole appearance is like tin and copper ... He has a horn three cubits long. When he moves, the noise is heard for seven days».
Legends about the islands inhabited by snakes have been preserved in Greek chronicles... Herodotus and Theophrastus mentioned snakes guarding jewels on the wonderful islands, Diodorus of Siculus talks about a "snake island" filled with jewels, and describes the hunt for a snake 30 cubits long, in the mouth of which one of the hunters died.
So another one Greek myth tells about a wonderful remedy that Zeus gave to people. It could restore youth to a person. However, people did not want to carry this priceless gift themselves and put it on a donkey, which gave it to the snake. Since then, people have borne the heavy burden of old age, and snakes enjoy eternal youth.
African tales and legends tell about the first people who, like snakes, could change old skin for new and live forever.
In Sumerian myth Gilgamesh finds a flower of eternal youth in the depths of the waters, however, while he was bathing, the snake stole the flower and immediately rejuvenated, shedding its skin. Since then, tradition teaches, snakes have gained immortality, and people have remained mortal creatures.
Legends of Ancient China called a huge snake- the dragon was the ancestor of the first emperors, they endow it with claws, teeth, saliva and horns with healing properties. On the back of the dragon one could reach the land of the immortals.
In the ancient world of the snake played the role of the keeper of the hearth. During the excavations of Pompeii, an image of a snake was found on the walls and home altars of many houses, which symbolized the peace and health of the inhabitants of the house.
Ancient Roman Chronicles preserved evidence that during the plague epidemic Asclepius was symbolically transported from Epidaurus to Rome in the form of a snake. According to one of their hypotheses about the origin of the name of the god of medical art Asclepius, it came from the name of a special kind of snakes - "askalabos". Later, these snakes, harmless to humans, began to be called "Asclepian snakes". The snake was depicted on the first aid kit of a Roman military doctor.
Often serpent associated with rains. So, for example, this connection is reflected in ancient rites worshiping the serpent as a sacrifice during the rainy season or waiting for the rains during a drought. These rituals correspond to the myths about the victory of the serpent fighter over the serpent, followed by a thunderstorm, rain or flood.
We meet a similar myth in ancient Peruvian snake myth who spewed water that flooded the whole world after he was killed by the three sons of the first man.
A myth one of Brazilian tribes states that once a woman held a snake, which was in a cage submerged in water. Every day the woman fed the snake with meat. But one day she did not bring food to the snake, and then the snake ate the unfortunate woman on the same day. After the tribesmen killed the snake, it began to rain heavily - “ At the same time, it rained, the winning wind blew, the winner of the big snake-anaconda».
The symbol of the Snake in Slavic mythology
Snakes (as symbols) had several meanings and purposes.
1. In the calendar of the Slavs, there are two holidays on which snakes are honored (more often these are harmless snakes).
March 25 is the time when cattle are driven out to the "St. George's dew" and snakes crawl out of the ground, that is, the earth becomes warm, agricultural work can begin. And on September 14 - the departure of the snakes.
The agricultural cycle is basically coming to an end. That. snakes as if symbolized cyclicality rural field work, were a kind of natural and climatic hours. It was believed that they also help to beg for rain (heavenly milk; breast falling from the sky), since snakes love not only warmth, but also moisture, hence, in fairy tales, snakes often suck milk from cows (clouds). The image of snakes, snakes decorated ancient vessels with water.
2. Snakes from the Perunova suite... Heavenly thunderclouds symbolized, a powerful revelry of the elements. These snakes are multi-headed. You cut off one head - the other grows and lets out tongues of fire (lightning). Serpent-Gorynych is the son of the heavenly mountain (clouds). These snakes kidnap beauties (the moon, stars and even the sun). The serpent can quickly turn into a boy or a girl. This is due to the rejuvenation of nature after rain; rejuvenating nature after each winter.
3.Snakes- keepers of countless treasures, medicinal herbs, living and dead water. Hence - snake doctors and symbols of healing.
4.Snakes from the retinue of the gods of the underworld- Via, Death, Mary, Chernobog, Kashchei, etc. Death (Koshchey, Nedolya) mows, collects an ominous cat, a harvest of the dead, and the serpent guards the underworld.
5. Option serpent ruler of the underworld- Lizard (less often Fish). The lizard is often found in folk songs, sometimes, having lost the ancient meanings of symbolism, it is called Yasha.
In religions, the symbol of the Snake
The staff of the legendary doctor Asclepius is wrapped around a snake. Famous prototype biblical snake the tempter is to be found in ancient Sumerian myths... One of them tells how one day the hero Gilgamesh returned from the divine halls with a plant of life. One of the gods, not wanting people to receive immortality, turned into a snake and plucked this plant from Gilgamesh as he swam across the river.
In Buddhism the image of a snake in the Wheel of Samsara personifies malice and symbolizes cosmic power in its negative manifestations. At the same time, the multi-headed cobra protected Buddha Shakyamuni during his meditation. Cobra in India often associated with the Buddha himself, who could transform into a Naga snake to heal people.
Snake was also a symbol of eternal youth: the annual change of skin symbolized rejuvenation. This performance has found an interesting embodiment. in the religion of the Egyptians. The change of day and night was associated with the fact that at midnight the sun god Ra leaves with his retinue from the solar boat and enters the body of a huge serpent, from which in the morning everyone emerges as "children", again sit down in the boat and continue their journey across the sky.
Yoga likens to a snake the spiritual energy of a person - kundalini (means "rolled up in a ring", "rolled up in the form of a snake").
Snake symbol - symbol description
The Serpent is eminently complex and universal. The snake symbolized death and immortality, good and evil. They were personified by her forked tongue, and the venomousness of her bites along with the healing effect of poison, and the mysterious ability to hypnotize small animals and birds. This apparent contradiction, the combination in one image of two different, often opposite principles, is characteristic of symbols that have come to us from ancient times. Snake it can be both male and female, as well as self-reproducing. As a killing being, it means death and annihilation; as a creature that periodically changes its skin - life and resurrection.
Curled up in rings snake identified with the cycle of phenomena. This is the solar principle, and the lunar, life and death, light and darkness, good and evil, wisdom and blind passion, healing and poison, guardian and destroyer, spiritual and physical rebirth.
Phallic symbol, impregnating masculine power, "The husband of all women," the presence of the snake is almost always associated with pregnancy. The snake accompanies all female deities, including the Great Mother, and is often depicted in their arms or twisted around them. Wherein the snake takes on feminine qualities, such as mystery, enigma and intuition, and symbolizes unpredictability, as it suddenly appears and suddenly disappears.
The snake was considered bisexual and was emblem all self-generating deities, symbolizing also the power of the fertility of the earth. It is a solar, chthonic, sexual, funeral and personifying the manifestation of power at any level, the source of all potential, both in the material sphere and in the spiritual, closely related to the concept of both life and death.
Since the snake lives underground, it is in contact with the underworld and has access to the powers, omniscience and magic of the dead. The chthonic snake is a manifestation of the aggressive power of the gods of the underworld and darkness. She is universally considered the source of initiation and rejuvenation and the "mistress of the bowels". In its chthonic hypostasis, the snake is hostile to the Sun and all solar and spiritual forces, symbolizing the dark forces in man. At the same time, the positive and negative beginnings are in conflict, as in the case of Zeus and Typhon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Set, an eagle and a snake, etc.
She symbolizes also the primordial instinctive nature, the surge of vitality, uncontrolled and undifferentiated, potential energy, the inspiring spirit. It is a mediator between Heaven and Earth, between earth and the underworld.
The snake is associated with sky, earth, water and especially with the Cosmic Tree.
It is also a cloud dragon of darkness and guardian of treasures. The snake can symbolically depict the sun's rays, the path of the Sun in the sky, lightning and the power of water, being an attribute of all river deities.
Snake- this is knowledge, strength, deceit, refinement, cunning, darkness, evil and corruption, as well as the Tempter.
The snake is a symbol that has left a noticeable mark on the history and culture of many countries. For many centuries, it has caused people to associate with death and rebirth at the same time. Some peoples deified reptiles, others trembled before them. What is known about this mysterious symbol, which haunts researchers even today?
Snake - a symbol of healing
Historians believe that people first guessed to use the image of a snake as an emblem of healing back in the second millennium BC. This happened in Ancient Babylon, which researchers explain by the animal cult that existed in this state. Initially, the reptile was depicted without attributes, but gradually they appeared.
Of course, one cannot fail to mention the most famous symbol. A bowl with a snake is an emblem that appeared in medicine around the seventh century BC. At the same time, the image of Aesculapius' daughter Hygea, holding a vessel and a reptile, was actively used. As you know, in ancient times, many diseases were treated with snake venom, and the bowl served as a container for it. The return of this image, forgotten for many years, took place already in the 16th century on the initiative of Paracelsus.
What other attributes was added to the symbol (snake) in medicine? The ancient people did not limit themselves to the cup; the staff of Asclepius was also popular. Asclepius is a mythical Greek healer who was attributed to divine origin. Among his many talents was the ability to raise the dead. Legend has it that once it was the snake that helped the healer to revive the murdered son of King Minos.
Christianity
The snake is a symbol that in the Christian faith is associated with good and evil at the same time. On the one hand, the image of a reptile shedding its skin is associated with Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself and ascended to heaven.
On the other hand, in the Bible, the serpent is presented as a tempter, deftly seducing Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Therefore, this image speaks of treachery, greed, rebelliousness. It is not surprising that the reptile was often endowed with a female head, such drawings symbolized temptation, temptation.
Buddhism, Hinduism
The snake is a symbol that has been noted not only in the Christian religion. For example, in Hinduism, sacred cobras enjoyed great respect, which were considered as protectors. The Hindus believed that reptiles were guarding the gods while they were enjoying their rest. It is not surprising that the image of Vishnu sitting in a cobra ring has become widespread.
In general, there was an ambivalent attitude towards snakes in Buddhism. On the one hand, the followers of this religion also worshiped cobras. This is confirmed by the image of the Buddha, who is comfortably located in the shade of a cobra, protecting him from the sun with the help of his hoods. Some Buddhists even saw in snakes (cobras) the most powerful god who reincarnates in order to save humanity from hunger and disease.
On the other hand, the creeping reptile, depicted next to a pig and a rooster, was viewed by adherents of religion as a symbol of sins.
Greece, Rome
The snake is a symbol of wisdom. This statement was never questioned by the inhabitants of Ancient Greece, who loved to portray a reptile in the hands of famous healers and saviors: Hippocrates, Aesculapius, Hermes. In addition, the snake was considered the incarnation of the legendary healer Aesculapius, who is credited with significant achievements in the field of medicine.
The fact that the inhabitants of the country dedicated this reptile to the god Apollo can serve as a confirmation that the snake is a symbol associated with wisdom in Ancient Greece. The Greeks had no doubt that the beautiful god not only protects people from the forces of darkness, but also gives them knowledge. A similar function was assigned to the goddess of wisdom Athena, who was often depicted in the company of a snake.
Of course, symbols with snakes were very popular in the territory of Ancient Rome. They were given a meaning similar to that described above, so reptiles were often depicted in the hands of local gods and heroes.
In Russian fairy tales
In Russian culture, the dual symbol of the snake has also been repeatedly noted. Its significance, as in most other countries, was attributed ambiguous. On the one hand, in many fairy tales you can find a mention of the fact that a person who ate the heart of a reptile will be able to learn the language of the animal and plant world. This suggests that creeping reptiles were associated in Russia with wisdom and knowledge.
On the other hand, the famous Serpent Gorynych acts as an insidious villain, with whom brave heroes are forced to risk their lives. Victory over him means nothing more than the absolute triumph of good over evil.
Two snakes
Often found in the culture of various countries and even more mysterious symbol - two snakes. If reptiles coiled with each other, such an emblem is associated with the union of two powerful forces - Destiny and Time. The image of two creeping reptiles, tightly grasping each other's tail, hints that even two complete opposites come from the same source.
The image of two snakes entwining a staff or a tree is also often found in culture. An example of such a symbol is the famous caduceus, an emblem used in medicine. It also points to the duality of reptiles, capable of bringing poison and healing, health and disease at the same time.
Various images
What does the image of an innocent child playing with a snake represent? Such a picture in many cultures is associated with a paradise lost and regained. She also talks about the liberation of the immortal soul from the perishable world. For some peoples, this image was considered as a symbol of triumph over enemies, liberation from slavery.
In some cultures, it is also customary to depict a snake next to a deer or eagle. This image speaks of the opposition of light and darkness, and it is the snake that is responsible for the darkness. The union of a creeping reptile with an eagle or deer indicates cosmic unity, balance. The reptile, which wraps around the female body, testifies to the relationship between the feminine and masculine. A snake curled up in a knot evokes associations with a hidden force that is already ready to break out, overcoming all obstacles in its path.
Alchemists and magicians have never doubted that the snake is a symbol of wisdom. Alchemists in the Middle Ages actively used the image of a snake entwining a pole. This picture symbolizes the subordination of the vital force. The symbol depicting a reptile crawling through a circle indicated alchemical fusion.
Different cultures
Why didn't the symbol (snake) play a special role in the culture of China? Because this reptile is extremely rarely separated from the dragon, the image of which has attracted the Chinese from time immemorial. However, it is known that the creeping reptile in this country was associated with the most negative qualities - cunning, deceit, anger, hatred.
The Celts were much more supportive of reptiles, as evidenced by the surviving epics. They perceived snakes as symbols of rebirth and healing. They were often depicted with the head of a ram, horns - in this case, the emblem indicated masculine strength. And the image of the goddess Brigitte, who decorated her hair with a coiled snake, symbolized fertility, reliably protected the human kingdom from dark forces.
The Aztecs traditionally attributed power to snakes, the ability to command the elements. They also associated these symbols with knowledge, wisdom. In the legends of this people, snakes often played the role of mythical ancestors, brave heroes. Reptiles enjoyed great honor in Africa. They were seen as signs of imperial power, symbolized immortality, the return to the world of the living from the world of the dead.
Our days
It is curious that the snake symbol has managed to remain very popular today. It is this image that people from various countries invariably continue to choose, intending to get themselves a spectacular tattoo. The fair sex choose this image, as it is associated with temptation, the forbidden fruit. Men most like the symbols of cobras and other snakes, which can emphasize such qualities as power, the desire to dominate. Those who consider reptiles as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge, prefer pictures that depict snakes with bowls.
What is the meaning of a snake tattoo?
Snake tattoos can be ambiguous and even opposite. For example, they mean life or death. To make a drawing that tells exactly what you want to say, you need to choose the correct snake pose, background, movement, place of application, etc. By the way, all cultures also interpret the meaning of the "snake" tattoo differently. Applying such a pattern to your body should be carefully considered and considered from all sides. A tattoo is a display of a person's character.
The snake is a symbolism that simultaneously denotes death and life, wisdom and knowledge, deceit, etc. A reptile that wraps around a cup or interwoven with another, similar to itself, is a symbol of medicine. Their relationship comes from Greek myths, which tell that the god of healing Asclepius noticed how one snake healed another with herbs. This reptile has become a symbol of medicine due to the healing properties of its own poison.
The meaning of the "snake" tattoo is the same if it is worn by a woman, and if it is a man, it acquires a completely different meaning. For females, the strongest sign is the reptile, which wraps around the waist, arm or neck. Since antiquity, it has been believed that the snake is a symbol of fertility.
The criminal world has its own concepts about this pattern on the body. So, the "snake" tattoo meaning on the zone is symbolic for most thieves in law. It means wisdom. And if a reptile is depicted in a crown with several signs of the zodiac, it is a symbol of the beginning and end. Many convicts made a tattoo that helped them while away their time in prison. A snake among criminals means revenge. If the body depicts the Criminal Code pierced with a dagger or knife that wraps around a reptile - revenge to the prosecutor's office.
Snake tattoos that are intertwined can symbolize a strong marriage. Cobra tattoo - strength and power. The image of this reptile on the human body is a very ambiguous symbol; not everyone can wear it. Such a tattoo is only for people who are strong in all respects.
The image of a snake can be accompanied by some meaningful plot, for example, a snake and an eagle, a reptile and a dragon, a snake in the clouds, a cobra in the desert, reptile in a knot, an evil cobra with flowers, barbed wire with snakes, a cobra on a skull, a snake's eye, a tree with reptile and much more. Anything the artist is able to depict with the help of rich imagination and skill.
The meaning of the "snake" tattoo, which is killed with a dagger, can be interpreted as courage or hatred of lies. Very often women make such drawings on their bodies precisely as symbols of sexuality, temptation and cunning. Indeed, such tattoos can successfully emphasize the smooth curves of the female body.
You need to choose the correct meaning of the "snake" tattoo, because it will accompany you all your life, and you cannot take it off and change it like clothes!
It is a negative and a positive symbol at the same time. This is a reflection of a person who decided to open up and show himself, his character, inner world, temperament in the form of a symbolic image on any part of the body.
Dream Interpretation Snakes, why do Snakes dream in a dream
Dream Interpretation of AstroMeridian
Why do you dream of Snakes in a dream?
- A woman dreams of snakes because she is surrounded by a lot of ill-wishers. You should be extremely careful and not succumb to provocations.
- Why do snakes dream, there are many snakes for a woman - to betrayal on the part of her loved ones.
- Snake in the house - enemies are nearby, perhaps it is someone close. Snakes dream in the house - some trouble will happen in your house in your absence.
- Little snakes - little evil, quarrels, petty troubles. Seeing small snakes in the trees in a dream - to slander or punishment for your actions. Green snake - liberation from old habits and responsibilities.
- If a green snake wraps around your body, it means that the old principles do not allow you to develop further, so you need to step over them and move on.
- What is the dream of a yellow snake for - serious changes in life. It can be a reconciliation with an old friend or a victory over an old enemy. Why do yellow snakes dream in a dream - you will meet insincere people who, despite their cordiality, will pursue their goals. Be careful with new acquaintances.
- Snakes dream of a man - it can signal his hidden homosexual preferences, the desire to be paid attention to by the opposite sex. Holding them in your hands is a big trouble and worries.
Snakes dream - interpretation of sleep by different authors
Idiomatic dream book
Snakes dream, what does it symbolize?
"Underwater snake" - deceit, danger, aggression; "Snake meanness", "green snake" (alcoholism); "Kundalini" - mystical, demonic energy, concentration of the human ego. "Serpent gorynych" - the Russian analogue of kundalini; "Boa constrictor" - "stranglehold" - "to strangle".
Dream interpretation of spiritual seekers
Why do Snakes dream in a dream?
To see a snake in a dream - Coiled up or rising - a symbol of the extreme danger of awakening the demonic energy of Kundalini and the destructive consequences of such activity.
Children's dream book
Why does the child dream of Snakes, the interpretation of sleep:
Snakes - Anger, gossip, enemies, this is the interpretation of what you dream about at night.
Women's dream book
Why does the Snake woman dream, what is this dream about?
- Snake - In general, snakes dream of impending troubles.
- The writhing snakes symbolize the struggle for existence and remorse.
- Seeing small snakes in a dream means that you will give a warm welcome to people who will secretly slander and shame you, trying to frustrate your plans.
- A snake peacefully coiled into a ring is a harbinger of your enemies waiting for the right moment to strike you down.
- Seeing a ball of snakes in a dream is also a bad omen. Such a dream suggests that there are a lot of evil, envious people around you who wish you the collapse of your career, unhappiness in your family life and even death.
- If a woman dreams that she is being bitten by a dead snake, she will suffer from the injustice and hypocrisy of a close friend.
- Seeing in a dream how snakes sting others means that you yourself will offend a friend.
- Killing snakes in a dream means that you will go to any lengths to achieve your interests or so that other people reckon with them. You will be assured of victory.
Russian folk dream book
Why do Snakes dream - interpretation of a dream:
Snakes are one of the complex symbols. In most cases, it personifies evil, deceit, envy, and even death. May mean a woman. On the other hand, it can personify wisdom and new life.
Gypsy dream book
What does snakes mean and what they dream of:
Snake - seen in a dream, means cunning enemies and ungrateful people, also deception and deceit; to see a snake crawling from side to side signifies envy, illness, imprisonment and other misfortunes; to kill the snake means to triumph over the enemies of the cunning and envious.
Dream interpretation of the writer Aesop
Why do you dream of Snakes in the everyday sense?
To see a snake in a dream is one of the most difficult symbols that arise in a dream. The thing is that, on the one hand, the snake is the personification of evil, deceit, envy and even death. But, on the other hand, the same snake symbolizes wisdom, healing and new life. Moreover, the first meaning is the most famous and widespread, this is evidenced by such folk expressions as "Warm the snake on the chest", "Serpent's tongue", and the second meaning is not entirely known, although many people know the ancient belief that the snake periodically sheds its skin in order to regain its youth, which also means that it is the only one in the whole wide world that possesses the secret of eternal life, that is, it is also a symbol of longevity. This belief also says that if someone manages to find snake skin and prepare a wonderful decoction from it, he will save himself and his loved ones from all diseases. There are also folk signs that could contribute to the appearance of the image of a snake in your dream: "If you do not step barefoot on the floor on the eve of external Yegor, then in the summer there will not be a single snake", "After killing the snake, you must hang it on the aspen." So, the image of a snake caused by your subconscious in a dream is evidence that in real life you are faced with great evil, deceit, envy, death or wisdom, healing, hopes for a new life.
- Seeing a snake basking in the sun in a dream is a sign that you are supporting an evil envious person who is trying to harm you by plotting against you and spreading evil gossip.
- Why dream of watching a water snake devouring frogs in a dream is a sign that a very strong person will soon want to influence you. You may even change your beliefs under his influence, which you will later regret very much.
- To see a viper crawling to a watering hole means that one of your close acquaintances has planned evil against you, he will try in every conceivable and inconceivable way to destroy your financial well-being and bring discord into family life.
- Why dream of a viper floating on a river on a thin branch, then such a dream warns that there is a bad person in your environment who wants to harm you.
- Why dream of watching a viper fight with a water snake in a dream - you will be able to prevent the evil that your enemies are trying to inflict on you, and dispel rumors and gossip about you.
- If loudly screaming frogs are watching this fight, then such a dream indicates that soon you will have a difficult business, in which you can only succeed if you work hard. This dream resembles one simple truth: solve your problems with deeds, not words.
- Why dream of watching a snake shed its skin means that in real life you will meet a wise person who will not only improve your health, but also make you think about eternal truths.
- Cooking a decoction of snakeskin in a dream is a sign that in order to improve your health or the health of your loved ones, you need to seek help from traditional healers.
- If in a dream several snakes attack you, then in reality you will need to defend your dignity from the malicious attacks of envious people.
- If you dreamed that you were stung by a snake, then soon you will seriously suffer from evil rumors and gossip.
- Seeing snake babies in a dream is a bad omen. Such a dream warns of the evil betrayal of people you trust.
Dream interpretation of the witch Medea
Why do Snakes dream - the symbolism of sleep:
Snake - Represents various types of life energy: sexual, spiritual, aggressive. Also symbolizes the art of healing. Snake bite - treason, deception, illness. Playing snake - sexual relations, lust. Sleeping snake - healing, wisdom, luck. A boa constrictor is a symbol of the devil, temptation.
Dream interpretation of psychologist A. Meneghetti
Why do Snakes dream, we analyze the vision:
Snakes can symbolize a wide variety of things. Since most snakes are poisonous and dangerous, one of the most common meanings of this image is death. Since snakes are very slippery and creeping, another meaning of this symbol is deceit, cunning, deception. It was the snake that seduced Eve to eat the apple from the tree of knowledge and her image is a symbol of temptation (especially sexual temptation), and in the end, the image of the snake is an actual symbol. The image of a snake expresses fear of death or its desire, anxiety about your health, fear that someone is doing an unwanted action against you. The feeling that you are dexterous, cunning in this situation. Fear that the other might be more dexterous and cunning in this matter. The desire to give in to a certain temptation, the desire for sexual intercourse and at the same time the fear of it. As a rule, the image of the snake is negative, indicates the impossibility of adequate command in the situation, the loss of individual insult and the implementation of actions according to a program alien to the individual, inscribed in his logical, rational. Moreover, this program, like an obsession, makes a person walk in a circle or in a spiral - along a route that is predetermined, this is how what you dream about in a dream is deciphered.
Family dream book
Why do Snakes dream from a dream book?
Snake - Quietly lying snake - responsible work awaits you, which will require considerable effort, but will not bring the desired satisfaction. If the snake crawls the road, someone is stopping you, acting surreptitiously. Sleep from Thursday to Friday - one of your close friends will support you financially, do not reject help, you need it. A dream from Friday to Saturday is a bad omen, your personal life is not going the way you would like, many of your hopes are not destined to come true.
Dream interpretation of esoteric E. Tsvetkov
Why do Snakes dream in dreams?
To see a snake in a dream - Cunning, betrayal; if it creeps up - to illness, this is the interpretation of the Snake from the dream book.
Ukrainian dream book
Why do Snakes dream, according to the popular beliefs of Little Russia:
Snake - A snake bite - a quarrel, trouble, a snake to see - beware of enemies; the bloody serpent is a hidden enemy.
Dream Interpretation of Prince Zhou-Gong
Snakes dream in a dream, why?
A snake or dragon kills a person. - portends great misfortune. The snake bites a person. - Heralds the acquisition of great wealth. The snake gets into the bosom. - Heralds the birth of a noble son. The snake moves under water, enters the water. - Moving to a new home or promotion. The snake follows the man. - He talks about his wife's infidelity. The snake crawls into the anus. - Foreshadows a squabble, a quarrel. The snake coils around the body. - The birth of a noble offspring. Lots of snakes. - Indicates matters related to the afterlife. Snake cucumber, bezoar. - Heralds government affairs.
Dream interpretation of the XXI century
Why do Snakes dream in night dreams?
- Snake - Seeing a snake on your wife or that a snake has crawled into your bosom - to the birth of a son.
- To find a snake in your house in a dream means troubles that occur or will occur in the house in your absence.
- Keeping a snake in your bosom means that you will soon enjoy a good reputation, get a good reputation.
- A nest of snakes in a dream symbolizes a person from whom it will be difficult to get rid of, quarrels and discord in the family, a tangle of snakes - a feeling of inner discord, discord within oneself.
- Seeing how snakes sting others is to undeservedly offend someone.
- Being entwined with a snake is a sign of powerlessness in front of enemies.
- Seeing a snake in the water that you have to cross means that anxiety will be followed by success.
- If you see in a dream that a snake is turning into a dragon, expect the support of an influential person; to see a snake moving under water or entering the water means that you will be relocated to a new house or promoted; a dream in which a snake follows a man is a betrayal of his wife.
- Seeing a python in a dream means that in order to achieve your intended goal you will have to overcome a physical obstacle, to see a snake means that matchmakers will come to the house.
- A bronze snake seen in a dream can be a foreshadowing of envy or deception. To dream of a snake trying to attack you, to run away from it means that in real life you are surrounded by many ill-wishers, and in order not to lose everything, you need to be vigilant, especially if you are too trusting.
- To kill a snake means to triumph over cunning and envious enemies. Seeing a snake swaying from side to side means that you are surrounded by cunning and ungrateful people, envious people, possibly imprisonment and other misfortunes.
- If you dream that a snake is wrapped around your neck and you are suffocating, beware of a joyless marriage.
- To be bitten by a snake in a dream means someone's enmity, quarrel, trouble; to crush the head of a snake - to give a lesson to a spineless or immoral person.
- However, if in a dream you were bitten by a snake, this may be a harbinger of gaining great wealth.
Egyptian dream book
Snakes dream, why:
Snake - If a person sees himself bitten by a snake in a dream, it is bad, this means that the dispute will turn against him.
Dream interpretation of the healer Fedorovskaya
What Snakes dream about, the dream book interprets as follows:
Snake - To her husband, an intimate friend. A snake bite is a sign of pregnancy. If a month, especially if a young girl is dreaming, then she will soon have a "man for a couple."
Dream interpretation of psychologist K. Jung
Snakes appear in dreams in a variety of forms, confirming the breadth of archetypal meanings carried by the same figurative type. Snakes, of course, can carry a phallic meaning (or even literally associated with a penis), but this is only part of their symbolic potential. Jung believed that snakes can sometimes represent the autonomic nervous system, a very curious observation in light of recent brain research pertaining to the center of the human brain stem, the so-called "reptilian brain" (as opposed to the more studied mammalian brain and exclusively human development of the cerebral cortex). brain). Sometimes there are very obvious changes in a person or an object that is haunting. It may look intimidating at first, but as it approaches, no signs of aggression appear to justify the fear experienced by the dream ego. One man saw in a dream a large monster emerging from the darkness in the direction of the dream ego, which stood in a circle of light from a street lamp. But when the "monster" approached the light, it turned out to be nothing more than a mouse. She may have been a monster in the dark, but she changed as she entered the “light” of consciousness surrounding the dream ego. Complexes associated with the ego (sleep or wakefulness) behave differently than complexes with the ego that are not associated, and therefore unconscious.
Lunar dream book
Why do Snakes dream in a dream?
Snake - To the disease; crush - recovery.
Muslim dream book
Why do Snakes dream according to the Holy Quran and Sunnah:
Snake - To see a snake is to the enemy, and the strength of the enemy will correspond to the strength of the seen snake. If someone sees a tame and obedient snake, he will reach the property, and if he sees that the snake has attacked him, he will be grieved by the king. If anyone sees that many snakes have gathered together and do no harm, then a person who sees such a dream will command the army.
Dream interpretation of psychologist D. Loff
Why do Snakes dream of a dreamer, psychological analysis:
Seeing a Snake in a dream is a difficult symbol, because in different CULTURES it is interpreted differently. The interpretation of the dream about snakes has a very wide range: from fear, cooling the blood, to peace and wisdom. The options are determined by the history of literature and folklore of different cultures, as well as personal experience. In real life, fear of snakes is not uncommon. For some people, this fear is so destructive, almost pathological, that even a photograph of a snake seems threatening. For such people, dreams with snakes do not bode well. If there is someone in a dream who holds a snake in his hands, then he, in all likelihood, symbolizes the source of wisdom and order management in the dreamer's world and may represent in some way himself or someone from his acquaintances. In Asian and North American cultures, the snake is a symbol of wisdom. The thought of wisdom stems from the snake's ability to shed its skin and renew itself. If someone dreams of snakes in this light, then this dream symbolizes renewal, problem solving and ordering. In Judeo-Christian cultures, the snake is a symbol of temptation or spiritual opposition to the achievement of a goal. This interpretation follows from the Bible, in which Satan in the guise of a snake seduces Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Sometimes a snake dreamed of in such a context hints at a specific person in your real life, with whom you did not have a very smooth relationship. Finally, Freud and classical psychotherapy also offered their own interpretations of this iconic image. In their opinion, the snake symbolizes the phallus, but sometimes it embodies fear of sexual intercourse, aversion to it. It is quite difficult to correctly interpret the snake you dreamed. What emotions prevail in relation to the snake: fear, respect or opposition? How do you feel about snakes in real life: neutral, fearful, or friendly? Did the snake appear when you were alone or with others? How do you feel about those; people who were with you? The answers to these questions should lead to a fruitful interpretation of the dream with a snake.
Biblical dream book of Azar
What do snakes dream of according to spiritual sources?
Snake - Evil enemy
Dream interpretation of Wangi
What does it mean if Snakes dream:
- Snake - to see a snake crawling on the ground in a dream is evidence that soon you will have a fight with the worst enemy, who, after secret intrigues against you, will decide on open war.
- If a crawling snake is poisonous, then it is unlikely that you will be able to defeat this person, because he is stronger and more cunning than you.
- If the creeping snake is non-venomous, then you can easily cope with your enemy, using his intrigues against him.
- Seeing a ball of snakes in a dream is a bad omen. Such a dream suggests that there are a lot of evil, envious people around you who wish you the collapse of your career, unhappiness in your family life and even death. You should be more careful in communicating with all your acquaintances, because what you say in a fit of passion will do you a bad job.
- If in a dream you were bitten by a snake, then in real life you will be deeply disappointed in a loved one. For a long time you will look for the reasons for your constant bad luck, but it will never even occur to you that this is the work of a person you trust. Most likely, he resorted to the powers of black magic, making it his goal to make your life miserable.
- Seeing in a dream a snake peacefully coiled into a ring is a harbinger of the fact that your enemies are just waiting for the right moment to strike you with a powerful blow, from which you most likely will not be able to recover.
- If you dreamed of a huge snake squeezing a person's neck, then such a dream is a bad sign. Apparently, you are among the first to learn about the deadly illness of a loved one. You will need to show great willpower to communicate it to the patient's relatives and help a loved one to live their last days with dignity and humility.
- To see a gigantic snake in a dream is a prophecy of a great tragedy. There will come a time when Satan will be instilled on Earth in human form. It will be a time of hunger, poverty, violence, human suffering, theft and death of millions of people living on our planet. Killing a snake in a dream is a sign that humanity in the future, realizing how important it is to believe in God, will reopen all churches and temples. The evil spirits will retreat, seeing that people have become more merciful and wiser.
Dream interpretation of medium Hasse
Snakes dreaming, why?
Snake - Have enemies among women; kill - get out of a difficult everyday situation.
Dream interpretation of Nostradamus
Why do Snakes dream in a dream:
- Snake - Symbol of the fall of man, evil, cunning.
- To see a snake crawling on the ground in a dream means that you should be wary of the years under its influence, that is, 2001, 2013, 2025, etc. It is in these years that a real threat will hang over you to be homeless and material resources. Most likely, there will not even be a person nearby to help you overcome your disasters.
- The poisonous snake that has entwined the number of the Antichrist is a sign that at the moment when the Antichrist comes to earth, all the most terrible human vices are activated. The time will come for murderers, thieves, rapists. To see in a dream a non-venomous snake approaching a person is a warning that at the head of one of the most powerful states of the globe is a person who will start a war against a weak state, but at the present time there is still an opportunity to prevent this person. For the dreamer, such a dream warns of an impending danger that can be avoided.
- If you were bitten by a poisonous snake in a dream, you, unwillingly, will become the cause of a very big scandal, perhaps through your fault or through the fault of someone from your loved ones a political coup will occur.
- If you dreamed of a huge snake squeezing a person's neck, then this means that this person is in real danger.
- A dream in which you saw a black, gigantic snake means an incomparable evil.
- A snake coiled around a rod means evil that hides the truth.
- If in a dream you saw a snake curled up in a ring, then you have a secret ill-wisher.
- To see a snake attacking you in a dream means in reality to experience disaster and hardship.
- To kill a snake in a dream is to get rid of the enemy.
- Seeing a snake with several heads in a dream is a warning. You can fall prey to monstrous lies.
- The snake, the outline of which is hidden behind the fog, is a symbol of a nuclear threat and can mean a nuclear missile.
- A dream in which you feel a snake gaze on you means the close attention of very influential and cruel people to you.
- Why do snakes dream in a ball - in reality, become a victim of intrigue and gossip.
Esoteric dream book
What are snakes dreaming of, interpretation:
Snake - Ring is a very important time (attention!). Deployed a dangerous adventure. Attacks do not miss the moment! The closer the contact, the closer in time.
Psychological dream book
Why do Snakes dream in the subconscious mind:
Snake - A common symbol of sexuality, and, according to some psychoanalysts, the original fall of man.
Dream Interpretation of the Apostle Simon the Canaanite
Why Snakes dream - the dream book interprets as follows:
Snake - Cunning, evil enemies - for men - have enemies among women - kill - get out of a difficult life situation
Small Velesov dream book
Snake (reptile) - The enemy will bite, the witch, the horse will hit, illness, prison, deception, treason; bitten - sadness, a woman will harm, quarrel, trouble; creeps - envy, illness; chasing you - to attack, the enemy (secret) wants to overtake; to beware of snakes - danger from a cunning and harmful person (see Already, a viper); beat, kill - overcome the enemy.
Dream Interpretation of the Wanderer (T. Smirnov)
Dream Interpretation: Snakes dream in a dream
- Poisonous snake - In general, a negative, destructive, dangerous force, including a sexual symbol.
- Bitten - a disease.
- Seeing is an insidious dangerous woman; evil; treason.
- Friendly caresses - the acquisition of secret knowledge; flattering but insidious mistress.
- Sometimes it expresses a latent mystical energy in a person, called kundalini, and in this regard, the danger of demonic temptation by supernatural powers and escape from love.
- A ball of snakes - painful internal contradictions.
- White snake - to touch dangerous, destructive knowledge. The water snake is a danger associated with the past.
- Killing a snake is very good.
Dream interpretation of tarot
If Snakes dream, how to understand it:
Snake Coiled Around the Tree - Lone Hero, Avenger
Asp - Large venomous snake - evil; bitten - a serious illness; green - drunkenness; rolled up in a ball - the danger of awakening the demonic energy of kundalini (see Snake gorynych).
Spring dream book
Why do snakes dream in spring?
Asp (snake, serpent) - To temptation.
Summer dream book
Why do snakes dream in the summer?
Asp (snake) - To see a snake in a dream - to deceit on the part of a close friend.
Rattlesnake - Seeing a rattlesnake in a dream - to a rival, insidious and shameless.
Autumn dream book
Why do snakes dream in the fall?
Aspid (snake, snake) - To see this unpleasant creature in a dream is to temptation.
Rattlesnake - To a rival who will outshine you.
The rattlesnake dreams of betrayal.
Dream interpretation of yogis
If Snakes dream:
Snakes are different types of energy. The energies are good - powerful, with high vibrations. They are afraid mainly because of their strength, but they never do anything bad - they are our friends. Make good friends with her. Just seeing a snake - it is possible that you are thinking in the direction of this force, but you are not doing anything yet. You fought with it - it means that you control this energy.
Dream interpretation of psychologist G. Miller
Why do Snakes dream of a dreamer:
- Snakes - If a woman dreams that she is being bitten by a dead snake, then the anger of a hypocritical friend will make her suffer.
- Dreams about snakes are generally a warning about all kinds and forms of evil. - to see snakes wriggling or falling on someone in a dream - means a struggle for existence and remorse.
- To kill snakes in a dream means that you will go to any lengths to achieve your interests or so that other people reckon with them. You will triumph over your enemies.
- To pass in a dream among snakes means that you will live in constant fear of illness, and egoists will encroach on your place in a friendly circle.
- If snakes sting you in your dream, you succumb to evil intrigues, and enemies will damage your work.
- If you dream that a flat spotted snake is crawling towards you on green grass, you bounce to the side, it crawls past, and you forget about it, when suddenly it approaches you again, increasing in size and, finally, transforming into a huge snake, and you, at the cost of insane efforts, successfully avoid his attack and completely get rid of this terrible vision - all this means that in real life you will soon imagine that you are neglected and disrespected, and your business is getting worse and worse.
- Disease, anxiety, bitterness will be terribly hypertrophied in your mind, but everything will end well, imaginary troubles will be forgotten, and the obligations taken upon yourself will be thrown aside, and you will be satisfied and rewarded.
- If you dream that a snake is wrapped around you in rings and shoots its sting at you, it means that you will be powerless in the hands of your enemies, and you are threatened with illness.
- If in a dream you are holding a snake in your hands, it means that you will develop your own strategy to overthrow the forces hostile to you.
- If in a dream your hair turns into a snake, it means that in life, seemingly insignificant events will give you excruciating anxiety and worries.
- If the snakes you dreamed take on bizarre outlines, this dream is fraught with troubles for you, which, however, will dissipate if you treat them indifferently, while maintaining your presence of mind.
- Seeing or stepping on a snake in a dream while swimming or wading a river means that you will be anxious in anticipation of pure joy.
- Why dream in a dream, like snakes sting others - you offend your friend.
- Seeing small snakes in a dream means that you will give a warm welcome to people who will secretly slander and shame you, and also try to frustrate your plans.
- to see children playing with snakes in a dream means that you will be confused, trying to recognize where your friends are and where your enemies are.
- If a woman in a dream worries about a child behind her, as she hears a snake hiss, this means that she will be persuaded to give up something dear to her, for her own good; but later, she discovers that she was involved in a dishonorable intrigue.
- to see in a dream a friend standing on the path and snakes menacingly raising their heads behind him means that in reality you will uncover a conspiracy organized against you and your friend.
- If, in your dream, you understand that a friend is keeping the snake under control, then some powerful organization will act in your interests and repel evil intrigues.
- If a woman dreams that she is mesmerized by a snake, it means that they will begin to oppress her, but the law and influential friends will act to protect her rights.
Assyrian dream book
Why do Snakes dream about the book of dreams?
Snakes - If you catch a snake, you will find a patron and protector.
Vedic dream book
Why do Snakes dream in a dream
Snakes - This dream suggests that you have cunning and dangerous enemies who will harm you and your life, this is how the Snake's dream book interprets.
Small Velesov dream book
Why do Snakes dream, interpretation of sleep:
Serpent - Many-headed - wealth; to slay him is help, to beat the enemy.
Mythological dream book
What do snakes dream of in Slavic mythology:
Serpent gorynych - In the folklore of the Eastern Slavs, a multi-headed winged serpent, covered with a shell, flames emanate from its mouths - a symbol of the human invulnerable, greedy and always insatiable ego (some heads are cut off, others grow anew) mystical energy of kundalini, a demonic path of development; self-destruction on the mental and physical levels. No matter how different oriental spiritual teachers embellished this hidden secret power within a person, its essence was so unambiguously and very long ago reflected in Slavic folk tales and was known to every ordinary Russian peasant!
Symbols | Snake. What does the snake represent?
What are the meanings of the "Snake" symbol?
SNAKE has many faces. It combines two principles: good and bad. Good and evil.
In ancient Egypt, the Serpent was a symbol of the Sun, power and power. And she adorned the headdress of Pharaoh himself:
The snake symbolizes not only feminine, but also masculine... And in Christianity it was believed that the Snake is itself satan, demon, evil. In the image of the Apostle John, where he is holding a cup in his hands, there is a snake. She was portrayed as a reminder of the day when they wanted to poison John.
Kitsune tenko
The snake is a complex and universal symbol, and in the East very often there is no difference between a serpent and a dragon.
In ancient times, the snake was the personification of the change of day and night, as well as the changing seasons, symbolized wisdom and was a guardian of happiness.
In legends and myths the snake could mean both death and destruction, and life and resurrection due to its unique feature not only to kill, but also to periodically change skin. And also snake recognized emblem of self-generating deities and symbolizes the power of the fertility of the earth.
Cloud dragon of darkness, guardian of treasures- it's all a snake, which symbolically depicts the rays of the sun, lightning, the power of water.
The snake symbolizes there are a lot of concepts and states: wisdom, knowledge, strength, cunning, deceit, refinement, evil, darkness and corruption. Her form can be taken by evil forces, black sorcerers.
And here in ancient Greece the snake served as the personification of the resurrection and healing.
Gatilovvik
The snake is a symbol of fertility and the feminine principle, and given the fact that it can shed its skin, it is also a symbol of immortality. Earlier in the east, a snake meant wisdom. If you look at the emblem of medicine, a snake coiled around a bowl, we can conclude that it is a symbol health. In Buddhism, snakes are the keepers of the Buddha's teachings, and the snake around is infinity.
Sayan
The snake is close to the energy of the earth and symbolizes vitality and primary energy. In many cultures, she is revered as a powerful totem representing the source of life. In addition, the snake symbolizes healing, transformation, life changes, and spiritual guidance.
What does the snake symbolize what does it mean
Elena R.
The snake is an important symbol in almost all cultures in the world. On the one hand, the image of a snake is associated with death (the venomousness of snakes), on the other, it symbolizes rebirth, wisdom and power (shedding the skin, the healing properties of poison).
The serpent in Bazhov's tales [edit | edit source text] Some of the most striking images of the serpent in Russian literature are attributed to the tales of Pavel Petrovich Bazhov. His snake and snakes, as well as Daiko's snake from the tale "Golden Dykes" - present to the reader of the Tales practically all the classic features of the mythical snake: Wisdom. The Great Snake at a glance recognizes his weakness in Kostka - greed for gold, which leads the young man to death. It is noteworthy that the last parting words of the Poloz to Kostka and Panteley - Do not be greedy. This demonstrates that Poloz is not an initially evil spirit (as in the Bible), but a neutral being. The same is confirmed by the old man Semyonich, who introduces the guys to Poloz. Temptation / snake / serpent duality. In the tale "The Snake Trail", the Snake's daughter, the snake, initially appears before Kostka in the form of an attractive girl, from whose passion Kostka finds his death when the snake appears before him in the form of a snake. A similar creature, Lamia, can be found among the ancient Greeks and Romans - a snake girl who destroys young men. This is the duality of the serpent / snake as the spirit of the underworld - both wealth and restless dead come from under the earth ... The connection of the snake / serpent with the underworld. Not only Poloz is the master of all gold, but also Daiko's serpent from the tale “Golden Dykes” is a “terrible golden serpent” (a distant echo of the ancient Slavic underground god Ozem?), And he is also dualistic, like the Poloz with his daughters. On the one hand, he endows Glafira with Perfil with gold, and on the other, because of gold, the culture of the Old Believers in the Urals disappears, since the "Britous" really came running and destroyed their entire desert / hermitage. On the other hand, in the tale "Golden Hair", the Bashkir hero Ailyp, having married the daughter of Poloz Golden Hair, is deprived of the opportunity to live with her in the world of people (Father-Poloz does not allow), and must flee with her from Poloz under the island - in another the underground kingdom, where there is no way for the Runner - and also become an underground spirit. The Tale also emphasizes the inhuman beauty of the Golden Hair maiden and her magical hair. (It should be noted that another "snake-like" woman, Medusa the Gorgon, also had beautiful hair, until Athena, the Olympic deity, turned them into a serpent and generally disfigured Medusa, making her a monster.)
Natalia
The ancient Greek god of healing, Asclepius, is depicted with a staff entwined with snakes. One day he was walking, leaning on a staff, and suddenly a snake wrapped around the staff. Frightened, Asclepius killed the snake. But then a second snake appeared, carrying some kind of grass in its mouth. This herb resurrected the slain. Asclepius found this herb and with its help began to raise the dead. The rod of Asclepius entwined with a snake is used as a medical symbol.
Snakes were a very important symbol of the god of healing; later his daughter Hygieia was depicted with a bowl of snakes. They wrapped around the staff of Asclepius and symbolized the duality of the nature of snake venom. They can both be killed and brought back to life.
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