The symbolism of snakes would fill a thousand phone books! I'm not a huge of fan of the rather shallow Western snake=demon/monster trope.
It's partially true of course but it's a lot more nuanced... wisdom, renewal, destruction of the outer personna (shedding the outward skin)... it's all there...
I have wondered often how much the archetype of the Serpent refects within our ideas of deity.
The symbolism of snakes would fill a thousand phone books! I'm not a huge of fan of the rather shallow Western snake=demon/monster trope.
It's partially true of course but it's a lot more nuanced... wisdom, renewal, destruction of the outer personna (shedding the outward skin)... it's all there...