Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-18

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ct ssJurd tbsre h 3 s1pensisfo1s fear
% snakes. The tradition - tkat long
tine ilGo they we're nos afraid q them,
b1t that an Ifa1ia1 killed q large one,
~ II seize, . lshief a1o11 the Snakes.
Then ell th~ fuzsii snakes attacked she
man, fastened themselves ca his rose,
n9usli. ears, eyes. and Insa1T otter
p4aeal, bis aim and killed sitr1. Hence
nos sbe lnsisns are afraid % theGa and
VIII not hill then.
OEni diiy an old woman Etsr7sd from
my issase 20 40 bone, bat, zfteS going
fOar ,JF I've reds. came back zad szid
sde EAs afraid 70 60, a. tksre vas
snake acr1ss tie yak. ! weut with
hsr and sss IL. Is Was = email. barn
LES reptile. apparently hslf grown, Abozt
q f0sa long. Yes. sltno1gsl ! Vas with
her, sbs EsBt soHs dissaaae asOaod T.
A stf9ng man onee told me that be was
afraid 81 sill OBe- There are no ven
0n0ls snakes 10 this region.
Il 10 = slugalar fAcs that IN vsFio1s
plsctsl 10 AaerScs the sake has Ueen
Cresaiy feared or S0rshippe3.
When Mexico gas discoHrsd. VI nts
gJis. AmopR ;hase " al Idol witch
wsa covered vita gold ard iswsss. and
fta b4Bdy bound with golden ssrpents
Ia issiieetigs Of Mexican a-tlqnniss,
gsiah Wis taken 20 E1RiAnd by Mr..
Baii,ask, tue cast Of q terrible Idol was
shoEEl, Phieh consisted CT 8 hinge ser
pent eoiIed 10 An iFritat8d position.
Sita jaws sxsBud-d, and Qssging itself
Win q WGEpaz.
Lake the Hjndo0s, they also kept live
snakes ~ household gods in their pri
vats dwellings. Among the paintings
Of the Azsecs, found 10 Mexico. two
have been preserved in shish 3 figure
A siizilAf bnt more expressive painting
occurs III the B1Tgian collection, where
4 figure IL represented - victoFioasiy
smitiiiR The serpcnts head. AZ she same
time tnikt tas ssrpent - biting his
heel.
A nunbsr sf thess Aztec images or
ldolsL With serpa1ts in various positions.
are Il, tine Smithsonian archaeological
soiisatiolss At Washington.
Aso0nG she sculptures discovered IN
GuaaDmaia are some which have ser
pensa In connection with priests, pray
A strange fnsund has been found
among the works OF the ancient mound
builders at Fort ADaief.t. in Ohio. IL
Il III the shape Of TIVE, large serpenis.
eaeh three a aaStefs OF a mile long.
They ara in the act OF attacking each
othes. What form OF government or
system t,f priesthood devised them is
unknown, bat the fact remains that
Al 49, 81 ~ . n
cien1 raloe.
Rev. w. H. Brett. In his mission work
10 eilisafls. says thai there - an invei-
srate! hasred between the people there
and the snakes, 30 thai the people kill
ali .lae snakes they can, even the harm
less Jnes.
When 20 40 10 the Old World. we End
the same 20 be true. Ia the mythology
Of ancient Babylon the temple Of Belns
contained "a image OF Jano holding IN
Der right hand the head Of serpent.
Ia that Df ancient Persia the god Mittras
vas always represented encirclsd by a
serpent. In Java this ruins Of temples
wsfs found by Sir y. Rails adorned
with serpent images. In Abyssinia the
hrst king waa said to DO serpent, aad
serptnt worship prevailed there until
the people were converted 80 Christi
anity. In ancient Britain serpents were
held in lgecnliar reverence, and lis image
stiIi reInaIns on obelisks IN the neign-
bofh0otl Of Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth
fhB stJfy Of 80. Patrick banishing them
FROM Ireland IL we'll known.
biilt III India the mort precise and sin
RuIaF forms OF serpent mythology are
preserved. Houses are built for and
dedicated 10 them. They are reliRiously
fed and tended. while the Gave Of Ele-
phsita and other temples are scnlptuFed
With gods holding seFpents Ia their
hands. And Maurice, IN his history of
India, gives pictures copied from the
originals. In which Kftshna Is enfolded
by 9 serpent, which IL biting his heel,
and be il tfanpiing on is head.