what can snakes symbolize
Historically, serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life.n other cultures snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars âsometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Crete âand they were worshiped as guardians of her mysteries of birth and regeneration.