The serpent is depicted as an object of worship by many ancient tribes and is mentioned in religious texts, such as the Bible and the myths of the Egyptians and Incas.
In the Bible, the serpent is often portrayed negatively, particularly in the story of the Garden of Eden, where it is depicted as an evil being that tempts Eve.
The serpent's depiction as "evil" in the Bible is considered a misconception by Lacerta, suggesting a more complex relationship between humans and the reptilian race.
In various cultures, the serpent is a symbol of power, wisdom, and sometimes rebirth or immortality, reflecting the complex nature of the reptilian race's depiction.
The duality of the serpent as both a wise, ancient being and a potential threat or deceiver mirrors the ambiguous nature of Lacerta's race in the text.
9 The great dragon was thrown out, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan [the Adversary], the deceiver of the whole world.
14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly to her place in the desert, where she is taken care of for a season and two seasons and half a season,away from the serpent’s presence.
15 The serpent spewed water like a river out of its mouth after the woman, in order to sweep her away in the flood;
A similar symbol was found on a copper coin from Guatemala, featuring an eagle and a serpent around a fruit tree, suggesting the transmission of this knowledge across continents.
Thus it was expressed upon those circular and sacred cakes of the Egyptians, composed of the richest materials-of flour, of honey, of milk--and with which the serpent
He built a great city in America called “Nachan,” City of the Serpents … from his own race, which was named Chan, a serpent.
He founds Nachan, “City of the Serpents,” from the Chan or serpent race.
He is tied to a Culebres or serpent people.
The American Votan trail and the Humboldt-Jones weekday parallels give labeled diffusion hooks, including Phoenician and serpent readings.
The Phoenicians: soft frame for Cabrera’s Hivite / Cadmus-serpent reading of Chivim.
The Devas and Asuras used Mount Mandara as the churning rod and the serpent Vasuki as the rope.
Six deities, covered, in green and blue feathers, lay in the primordial waters: the Framer and the Shaper, Tepew and Quetzal Serpent, along with Xpiyacóc and Xmucané.
After Iblis was expelled from the Garden of Eden, he married the serpent whose mouth he had entered to speak to Adam, and they had children.
The ancient Mexicans had a myth of Xolotl, making out of a man's bone the primeval mother in the heavenly Paradise; and he called the woman he had made Cihuacouhatl, which means "The woman with the serpent," or Quilatzli, which means "The woman of our flesh."
She was the mother of twins and is represented in a Mexican hieroglyph as speaking with the serpent, whilst behind her stand the twins, whose different characters are represented by different colors, one of whom is represented slaying the other.
One of the first men was Racumon, who was transformed into a great serpent with a human head, and he lived twined round a great Cabatas tree and ate of its fruit, and gave to those who passed by.
The godless Sammael had made an alliance with all the chiefs of his host against the Lord, because the holy and ever-blessed Lord had said to Adam and Eve, "Have dominion over the fish of the sea," and he said, "How can I make man to sin and drive him out?" Then he went down to earth with all his host, and he sought for a companion like to himself; he chose the serpent, which was in size like a camel, and he seated himself on its back and rode up to the woman, and said to her, "Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" And he thought, "I will ask more presently." Then she answered, "He has only forbidden me the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge which is in the midst of the garden.
But, as it feared that Ridhwan would search it on its return through the gates, it hesitated to take Eblis with it, but promised to send the cunning serpent out, who would certainly devise a means of introducing Eblis into the garden.
The serpent was formerly queen of all creatures.
The bird was not mistaken; as soon as it had told the story, the serpent exclaimed: "What!
The serpent accordingly glided out of the gates of Paradise, and bade Eblis tell her what he had told the peacock.
"How shall I bring you unobserved into Paradise?" asked the serpent.
The serpent thereupon opened her mouth, Eblis flew in and seated himself between her teeth, and by so doing poisoned them for all eternity.
When she had passed Ridhwan in security, the serpent opened her mouth and asked Eblis to take her with him to the highest heaven, where she might behold the majesty of God.
"Why are you so disquieted, gentle serpent?" asked Eve.
"I am troubled for Adam's future," answered the evil spirit, affecting the voice of the serpent.
"Why, dearest serpent, did you never tell me of this before?
At this moment Eblis flew out of the serpent's mouth, and stood in human form beneath the tree.
The peacock shall lose its melodious voice, and the serpent its feet; dark and noisome shall be the den in which the serpent shall dwell, dust shall be its meat, and its destruction shall be a meritorious work.
Adam was expelled through the gate of Repentance, that he might know that through it alone could Paradise be regained; Eve was banished through the gate of Grace; the peacock and the serpent through that of Wrath, and Eblis through the gate of Damnation.
Adam fell into the island Serendib (Ceylon), Eve at Jedda, the Serpent into the desert of Sahara, the Peacock into Persia, and Eblis into the river Eila.
Tabari also says that four trees pitying the shame of Adam and Eve, the Peacock, and the Serpent, in being driven naked out of Paradise, bowed their branches and gave each a leaf.
Hadit, pure consciousness, and individuality, is often depicted as a winged serpent or a flame.
Mo’o are lizard or serpent-like water spirits
Amaru, the plumed serpent god
Naga, serpent-like beings inhabiting a vast underground world
The serpent was formerly queen of all creatures.
The golden serpent of the Goddess on her left arm, signifying she is an initiate of the Magdalene mysteries.
Mahisasura is also represented as the great serpent Vrita, against which Indra fought, and which after a desperate struggle he overcame.
The Norse story is that Loki, the spirit of evil, is one of the gods, and sat with them at their table till he declared himself their enemy, when he with his vile progeny, the wolf and the serpent, were cast out.
The wolf is bound, Thorr constrains the serpent, and Loki is chained under the mountains, and a serpent distils poison on his breast; when he tosses in agony, the earth quakes.
The serpent is an archetypal symbol that is found in many ancient myths.
The serpent’s nature consistently portrays duality — it is feared but yet is a strong ally for humankind.
In the Sumerian texts, Enki, the god (Sirian) who protects humanity, is also portrayed as a serpent.
The judgment that the serpent is “evil” is more contemporary and may have been a ploy used by the gods (Lyrans) to keep humanity in fear and thus from following the instructions of the Sirians who were attempting to assist humankind.
See: The school of the nine serpents
Archontics, Ophites, and Sethians are classical Gnostic groups who narrate planetary Archons, the serpent trail, and Sethian elect.
Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven.9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
Another sign is the water serpents in Egypt.
I asked the Savior,“Lord, isn’t it the serpent that caused Adam to eat?”
He smiled and replied,“The serpent caused them to eatin order to produce the wickedness of the desire to reproducethat would make Adam helpful to him.”]
Popular retellings sometimes add a serpent rope.
This results in a crisis within the Pleroma, leading to the appearance of the Yaldabaoth, a "serpent with a lion's head".
Thereafter, the pair are "tempted" by the serpent, and eat of the forbidden fruit, thereby once more regaining the power that the demiurge had stolen.
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Tempted by a serpent, Eve eats the fruit from this forbidden tree and gives some to Adam, who also eats it.
All of the animals refused except the serpent.
In Ishaq’s sirah, the serpent is depicted as a graceful animal that walked on four legs, but as a result of her collaboration with Iblis, Allah punished her and condemned her to travel on her belly.
In some narratives, Vishnu is described as sleeping on the cosmic ocean on the serpent Ananta or Shesha, between the cycles of creation maintained by Brahma.
His subsequent form resembled a colossal serpent, maintaining the rugged, armored head.
What I found interesting is that Adam rides the serpent and eve rides the peacock.
The Adam prototype was made by the beings associated with the serpent and Eve from the beings associated with the peacock?
All of the animals refused except the serpent.
In Ishaq’s sirah, the serpent is depicted as a graceful animal that walked on four legs, but as a result of her collaboration with Iblis, Allah punished her and condemned her to travel on her belly.
When Iblis overheard this, he realized this was Adam’s weakness, and he came to Adam, hiding in the serpent’s mouth, and offered him eternal life.
According to Ibn Ishaq, after Iblis was expelled from the Garden of Eden, he married the serpent whose mouth he had entered when he spoke to Adam, and they had offspring.
Though this translation is understandable because chain mail would resemble scales, it obscures an important connection with the serpent (and possibly Dagon).
Scale armor ramps up the significance, as it connects Goliath with the serpent himself.
Goliath was the seed of the serpent, and David was of the seed of the woman.
Whether Goliath was the biological offspring of the serpent (through the Nephilim) or merely the spiritual offspring, there is a connection with Genesis 3:15.
David, the seed of the woman, crushed the head of the seed of the serpent.
Israel’s first king, Saul, fought a serpent in his first battle against Nahash (Hebrew “serpent”), king of the Ammonites, and here David faced his own serpent.
David passed the test by defeating the giant serpent and cutting off his head.
We proudly wore her golden serpent upon our left arms, representing the raising of the resurrecting life-force energy – Kundalini or Sekhem, up the spine or the djed.