Serpent
69 books featuring this symbol
The serpent signifies transformation, chthonic knowledge, and cyclical renewal. It can protect, heal, or threaten depending on containment.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Sin-leqi-unninni
1200-1000 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
1220 CE
Germanic, Norse
Metamorphoses
Ovid
1 BCE-8 CE
Roman
Apollodorus' Library
Pseudo-Apollodorus
1-200 CE
Greek
Theogony
Hesiod
700-600 BCE
Greek
Völsunga saga
Anonymous
1250-1270 CE
Germanic, Norse
Greek Magical Papyri
Anonymous
200 BCE-500 CE
Greek
Hebrew Bible
Various
1000-200 BCE
Levantine, Hebrew
The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor
Anonymous
1900 BCE
Egyptian
Harivamsa
Vyasa
100-300 CE
Indian, Hindu
Kalpa Sutra
Bhadrabahu
400-500 CE
Indian, Jain
Kathasaritsagara
Somadeva
1070 CE
Indian, Hindu
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
1540-1577 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Kumulipo
Anonymous
1700-1800 CE
Pacific, Hawaiian
Mwindo Epic
Oral Tradition
1950-1960 CE
African, Nyanga
Myths of the Dogon
Oral Tradition
1930-1960 CE
African, Dogon
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Coffin Texts
Anonymous
2055-1650 BCE
Egyptian
The Amduat
Anonymous
1500-1400 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Caverns
Anonymous
1200-1100 BCE
Egyptian
The Book of Gates
Anonymous
1290-1180 BCE
Egyptian
The Tale of the Doomed Prince
Anonymous
1300-1100 BCE
Egyptian
Gesta Danorum
Saxo Grammaticus
1185-1222 CE
Germanic, Norse
Ragnars saga loðbrókar
Anonymous
1270-1300 CE
Germanic, Norse