Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles found almost worldwide. A few species are venomous, and colloquially, the word "snake" has become synonymous with slyness or deception.
==History==
===Biblical===
Moses used a Staff of Eden to create an illusion of it changing into a snake.Assassin's Creed
===6th century BCE===
Hermes Trismegistus also held a Staff that was decorated with two intertwined snakes. When he was encountered by Pythagoras and his pupil, Kyros of Zarax, Hermes plunged the staff into the ground and the snakes appeared to speak, informing Pythagoras that he was to be the next possessor of the Staff.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 2 - Kyros of Zarax
===5th century BCE===
Snakes featured heavily in the Greek myths, and some signs of the myths still remained in the landscape during the 5th century BCE. The clearest of these were the ruins of the Snake Temple within the Valley of the Snake in Phokis. Named after the skeleton of a gigantic snake wrapped around the stonework, it was believed to have been the Python of legends killed by the god Apollo.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations: Phokis: Snake Temple
During the Peloponnesian War, many snakes inhabited various tombs and ruins all around Greece. Their poisonous fangs were valued at 9 drachmae apiece.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
Snakes were also a vital part of the practices at the Sanctuary of Asklepios, where they were kept in the sanctuary's tholos and used to heal the sick.Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Argolis: The Tholos and the Sacred SnakesAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – Enough is Enough They were so important in the proceedings that the Greek god of healing, Asklepios, was usually depicted with a snake-wrapped . His daughter, Hygieia, was also said to able to repel harmful snakes, and aid with recovery from their poison.Assassin's Creed: Origins
The soil from the island of Lemnos was also believed to cure snake bites in 5th century BCE Greece.Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations: Lemnos: Myrina
Snakes were also connected with the mythological Medusa and the Writhing Dread: the hair of said creatures was said to have taken the form of living snakes.
===1st century BCE===
In order to take out the order-influenced pharaoh, Cleopatra, legend held that the Egyptian Assassin Amunet used a venomous asp to kill her.Assassin's Creed II
The Egyptians themselves worshipped the snake-goddess Wadjet.
===9th century===
Snakes were pretty common in 9th century England, foraging in the grassy areas whilst sleeping in more dark and damp places, like caves and ruins. Snakes would also often find a good place to sleep inside pots and crates inside houses. Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan encountered many snakes during her travels throughout the English countrysideAssassin's Creed: Valhalla, but only one during her travels in Ireland.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids
===18th century===
During the 18th century, particularly the Seven Years' War and subsequent American Revolution, many banners were posted all over Boston, New York, and the River Valley depicting Benjamin Franklin's political cartoon of a dismembered snake captioned "".Assassin's Creed III
==Influence==
Some members in the Order of the Ancients, a secret society which sougnt to control humankind, referred the collective group as the Snake.Assassin's Creed: Origins – The False Oracle
During the Peloponnesian War, another secret society, the Cult of Kosmos, used the imagery of the snake in their Sanctuary of Kosmos.
In 18th century esoteric circles, snakes were thought to be "holders of intuitive knowledge".Assassin's Creed: Pirates – Alonzo Batilla's treasures: "Halloween: Snake in a Jar"
==Gallery==
Order of the Ancients logo.png|The Order of the Ancients' snake insignia
PL-Agnus Dei.png|Hermes' snakes around his staff
Phokis-SnakeTemple.jpg|Python's alleged skeleton at the Snake Temple ruins in Phokis
ACOd-snakewary.jpg|A viper in an ancient Greek tomb
Argolis-SoA-snakemural.jpg|Snake murals in the Sanctuary of Asklepios, Argolis
Argolis-SoA-Asklepios.jpg|Seated statue of the god Asklepios, with snakes
Argolis-SoA-snakerelief.jpg|A relief of Asklepios, his daughter Hygieia, and snakes
Korinthia-CyclopeanHeadofMedusa2.jpg|The Cyclopean Head of Medusa in Korinthia
ACO-cobra.jpg|A cobra in 1st century BCE Egyptian home
ACO Mask of Wadjet.png|A mask of the Egyptian snake goddess Wadjet
ACP Snake in a Jar.png|A snake preserved in a jar
ACIV - Ship Visual - Serpent figurehead.png|The Jackdaws snake figurehead
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed 
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: Initiates 
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed: Pirates 
*Assassin's Creed: Origins
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
**Wrath of the Druids
**Dawn of Ragnarök
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Sword of the White Horse 
*Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin? 
*Assassin's Creed: Mirage
*Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR 
*Assassin's Creed: Jade 
==References==
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