#sacred serpent

[terrorignitis]

Sacred serpent: coils of Power.

For millennia, the serpent has been a part of humanity’s collective memory without being confined to a single meaning; no other animal has s

[docdust]

Have you ever considered that scared snake is an anagram of sacred snake?

[ghostmodernxxx]

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[gele1a]

Adoro como eu me apaixono cada vez mais nas minhas obras conforto toda vez que leio ou vejo alguma imagem delas

[angelicesoteric]

[quarkmaster]

LA SAGRADA SERPIENTE

Horror piece done for Monsterpalooza.

Tariq Raheem

[catholicromuva-blog]

Snake skin jewelry and decor

I personally enjoy taxidermy and the use of animal fur and skins as decoration. While I don’t believe I’ve posted too many images of skulls or animal hide, I will place several links to etsy stores under a cut just in case people are squeamish.

The purpose of this post is about snakes as sacred animals in Romuva. Since people may not feel comfortable owning a snake or may not live near wooded areas where snakes are visible, alternative ways to ways honor snakes and invoke a snake's presence may be beneficial. I personaly would not own a snake as a pet, so I may go with one of the stores listed below to display snake skin on my altar.

Each store listed clearly states that the animal remains were either gathered in the woods, acquired through thrift stores, or medical schools. The majority of snake skins that I will be linking are shedded snake skin, so you can rest easy knowing the snake was not harmed in the process. To reiterate, these remains were gathered ethically. Animal bones and hide listed on these stores come from old medical store inventory, are found in the woods, or may be roadkill that the store owner found and cleaned. I had several science teachers and educators mention doing this in their spare time to better educate their students.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RocksandVines - shed snake skin in vials

https://www.etsy.com/listing/238990135/snake-skin-shed-inside-corked-glass-vial?ref=shop_home_active_8 One item, snake skin in a vial necklace

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HauntedCypress What I enjoy about these snake skins is that however the snake shed, the skin around the head and face was beautifully intact.The seller took advantage of this and displayed the skin on a flat clear pendant. Gorgeous! The seller also has unique swamp terranium necklaces that really need to be seen to be believed.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/botanicallampshades Small lot of shed garter snake skins and glass vials covered in snake skin so the user is still free to place items inside. (I would recommend small pieces of amber or dried herbs to display on a Romuva worship space)

The links below have slightly more gory/morbid displays in addition to plainer snake skin and bones.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SkullKatsAttic Several pieces of jewelry with animal skins and bones. This store in particular has necklaces made from snake vertebrae and there was one necklace featuring a preserved snake embryo from a science class. While that particular necklace is no longer listed, the use of the embryo may be too morbid for some, so I wanted to be upfront about it before any reader click the link if that's a deciding factor in purchaing from this store.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/RucaZombiesAsylum Snake skin and snake vertebrae in vials, widenselection of jeweley with animal claws and teeth, though, another warning, there is an item listed that has a rabbit bones in a glass vial splattered with fake blood that some may find disturbing. Again, I am stating this now before a reader clicks the link so they can choose whether or not to support this store.

[catholicromuva-blog]

Sacred Serpent is named after the zaltys or zalgtis: a revered grass snake, indigenous to the Baltic lands of East Prussia, Latvia and Lithuania. Zaltys is known as the sentinel or messenger of the ancient Baltic deities and plays a significant role in the mythology and lore of the region. Sacred Serpent serves to explore the culture of the Baltic region and its old beliefs and also as a voice for ROMUVA, the Indigenous Lithuanian Religion.

Archived Romuva-Canada Geocities page with a list of gods and goddesses, holidays, popular legends, articles on paganism in Lithuania. A good, older resource, the site is listed on the “Romuva-Siaures Amerika” facebook page, though links on the site have not yet been archived.