serpents

There was once a man, a Serpent-charmer,91 who used to train serpents, and this was his trade; and he had a great basket,92 wherein were three snakes, but the people of his house knew this not.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Not to mention the bronze serpent on the pole which Moses raised to save the Israelites bitten by the poisonous serpents, which is identified with Christ on the cross.

You Go, Greydanus, or, O'Brien and the Dragon 2010

Their central staffs are considered axis mundi, while the serpents are the guardians of the knowledge that passes through that link between heaven and earth.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

Their central staffs are considered axis mundi, while the serpents are the guardians of the knowledge that passes through that link between heaven and earth.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

Their central staffs are considered axis mundi, while the serpents are the guardians of the knowledge that passes through that link between heaven and earth.

The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010

You are indeed wont to call serpents, leopards, and lions savage creatures; but yet yourselves are defiled with blood, and come nothing behind them in cruelty.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Remind them, that I can recall the serpents at any time.

Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

The news she shared with Vivacia had been bad as well as good, but knowing the fate of her serpents was a kind of peace in itself.

Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

I interpret this simply to mean that there should always be the hostile strife between the human race and serpents, which is now apparent; for, by a secret feeling of nature, man abhors them.

Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996

Make him understand that the serpents are the true enemy, that the Patryns and Sartan must join forces against this evil or it will end up devouring us.

The Seventh Gate Hickman, Tracy, 1955- 1994