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Naga Panchami poster - an image depicting Nagas is pasted on the main doors of Nepalese households. Naga Panchami (Sanskrit: नागपञ्चमी, IAST: Nāgapañcamī) is a day of traditional worship of nagas (or najas or nags) or snakes (which are associated with the mythical Nāga beings) observed by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists throughout Nepal, and other countries where Hindu, Jain ...
Kukulkan. Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox. The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan. K’uk’ulkan, also spelled Kukulkan ( / kuːkʊlˈkɑːn /; lit. " Plumed Serpent ", " Amazing Serpent "), is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to ...
Description. Kingsnakes vary widely in size and coloration. They can be as small as 24" (61 cm) or as long as 60" (152 cm). [ 2] Some kingsnakes are colored in muted browns to black, while others are brightly marked in white, reds, yellows, grays, and lavenders that form rings, longitudinal stripes, speckles, and saddle-shaped bands. [ 3]
The desert kingsnake ( Lampropeltis splendida) is a species of kingsnake native to Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, United States. It is not venomous, colored yellow and black. The desert kingsnake's diet consists of rodents, lizards, and smaller snakes, including rattlesnakes. They normally grow 3–4 ft long, but have been known to grow up to ...
Others, including celebrities, U.S. political figures and Catholic church leaders, expressed outrage at the scene. Actor Candace Cameron Bure, whose husband is a two-time Olympic medalist, called ...
Nehebkau is the “original snake” [5] of Egyptian mythology, and was believed to be both an ancient and eternal god. [2] Although he is occasionally represented as a son of Serket, Renenutet or Geb, he is sometimes believed to have simply "emerged from the earth". [2] He was believed to have lived in the Great Temple of Heliopolis, which was ...
Lampropeltis getula. — Liner, 1994. Lampropeltis getula, commonly known as the eastern kingsnake, [ 3] common kingsnake, [ 4] or chain kingsnake, [ 5] is a harmless colubrid species endemic to the United States. It has long been a favorite among collectors. [ 5] Four subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies ...
Shahmaran is a mythical creature, half-snake and half-woman, portrayed as a dual-headed creature with a crown on each head, possessing a human female head on one end, and a snake's head on the other, possibly representing a phallic figure. [ 3] The human part is also decorated with a large necklace. [ 4][ 5]