Serpent (symbolism)
The serpent (a snake or snake-like entity) is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to humankind and represent dual expression of good and evil.
Read more about Serpent (symbolism): Snake Worship in The Ancient Near East, Serpents in Judeo-Christian Tradition
Famous quotes containing the word serpent:
“The mirror-scalèd serpent is multiplicity,
But all that run in couples, on earth, in flood or air, share God that is but three,
And could beget or bear themselves could they but love as He.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)