Snake Goddess - Comparison To Other Goddesses

Comparison To Other Goddesses

Other goddesses probably associated with the "snake goddess" are:

  • The ancient Egyptian goddess Renenutet, who often appeared in the form of a hooded cobra.
  • The Phoenician goddess Tanit, worshipped as a patron goddess of Carthage.
  • The Indian snake goddess Manasa, literally meaning "of the mind", or "conceived in the mind", or "power of the mind" is the tutelary deity of snakes and fertility, worshipped mainly in Bengal an the eastern parts of India.

Read more about this topic:  Snake Goddess

Famous quotes containing the words comparison and/or goddesses:

    “Intolerance respecting other people’s religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people’s art.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “The apple tree has been celebrated by the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and Scandinavians. Some have thought that the first human pair were tempted by its fruit. Goddesses are fabled to have contended for it, dragons were set to watch it, and heroes were employed to pluck it.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)