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... snake may have been their totem . Pliny and Lucan report that they had a peculiar way with snakes , and at birth exposed their children to snake bites . 120.
... snake may have been their totem . Pliny and Lucan report that they had a peculiar way with snakes , and at birth exposed their children to snake bites . 120.
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... snake of some kind , and much of what is said about its habits applies to the pythons - though a python would not take on an elephant . The dragon carried into the sky and making the air ardent refers to the firedrake or meteor , such ...
... snake of some kind , and much of what is said about its habits applies to the pythons - though a python would not take on an elephant . The dragon carried into the sky and making the air ardent refers to the firedrake or meteor , such ...
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... snake . In Greek the name comes from the diminutive of basileus , meaning a king . So the snake may have been thought of as the little king of the serpents . Pliny in his Natural History says the basilisk was a snake bear- ing a livid ...
... snake . In Greek the name comes from the diminutive of basileus , meaning a king . So the snake may have been thought of as the little king of the serpents . Pliny in his Natural History says the basilisk was a snake bear- ing a livid ...
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Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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