#snake deity

[danskjavlarna]

"The venerable An Shih Kao rescues the god-snake of Hu T'ing Lake." 

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Here's a collection of vintage sea serpents.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldSerpentDay: Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent deity of the Aztecs, shown here in full zoomorphic form snacking on a human in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, c. 1563. [BnF MS Mexicain 385 f. 18r]

[ancientstuff]

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12356-240430-germany-snake-deity

I'm just going to take their word for it that this represents a snake deity. I'm sure they're right, but it just looks like a monkey to me.

[fonemoretime]

Snake Deity Shahmaran, betrayed 3000 years ago, studious doctor, cave dweller. lines by Darya, colors by me

[oonaluna-art]

Apep... was the Ancient Egyptian Deity who embodied chaos and was thus the opponent of light and Ma’at. (Wikipedia)

Transparent Apep to drag around your screen. This art is pretty old, coming from an extra credit project a few semesters back. I remember that the details took forever.

[dragonboundchaote]

J.K. Rowling reveals Buddhist mythology in Harry Potter backstory

Keen observers might have noticed this Sanskrit reference many years ago, but recently J.K. Rowling made public that a key character is rela

[maecaart]

finished flatting this... I'm going to bed now... to think i have 48 more of these to do hahaha