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	Medusa
		The serpent is a totem of the cycles of life, death and rebirth and the seasons.
		The serpent is also an emblem of the ocean as the sea was known as an earth girdling serpent.
		But when the Persians introduce the plumed serpent, her powers are transformed yet again into a dragon which is phallicaly speared into its mouth, an image that is highly popular throughout the Middle Ages.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /classes/finALp.html (3103 words)

	Sommerland: Dragon Mythology & Folklore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Eagle devoured the Mother Serpent's children which was a terrible offense; for punishment, the sun god Shamash instructs the Mother Serpent to slay a wild ox and hide in it's carcass, so that when the Eagle comes to feed she can avenge her brood.
		The World Serpent was the offspring of Loki and the giantess Angur-boda (the anguish-boding), whose siblings included Hel, the goddess of death, and the wolf Fenris (Guerber, 1909).
		However, Thor was determined to destroy the serpent, and so he continued to row until satisfied, he threw his line to sea, using the ox head as bait.
	www.sommerland.org /ondragons/mythology/mythology_2.html (5145 words)

	Chichen Itza, Archaeological Sites of Mexico
		Great sculptures of Plumed Serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the Spring and Fall equinox.
		It was practice in Mesoamerican cities to periodically build larger and grander temple pyramids atop older ones, and this is one such example.
		Sculptures of the Feathered Serpents run down the sides of the northern staircase, and are set off by shadows from the corner tiers on the Spring and Fall equinox.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Mexico/mexico-interest-chichenitza.html (1389 words)

	Ancient Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Probably African in origin, Bes may represent a pygmy wearing a lion mask and a plumed head-dress; he is also unusual in that he is shown full-faced rather than in profile, as was the convention in Egyptian art.
		Marriages were also linked with the pygmy deity and he was associated with aiding women in childbirth; Bes is shown on the walls of the temple of hatshepsut in Western Thebes in the scene depicting the birth of the great Queen.
		As Bes was the guardian of children, he became the mortal enemy of serpents, scorpions or any creature that could do his charges harm.
	www.fantasyscribe.com /egypt (1376 words)

	DINOSAUR-1998Feb by date
		Re: "plumed" serpents [off-topic] "Charles W. Johnson"
		Re: "plumed" serpents "Gigi Babcock or Ralph Miller III"
		Re: "plumed" serpents (LONG) "Charles W. Johnson"
	dml.cmnh.org /1998Feb (2316 words)

	GlassPages Lyrics: Symphony No. 5 (Choral)
		The crocodile made the serpents and the iguana,
		Yo, the small fish, brought forth all the fish of all the seas and waters.
		Then the serpents in their turn made grasshoppers
	www.glasspages.org /symph5lyrics.html (4514 words)

	Beech5
		I was a child, and loved the knurly tangle
		Of roots that coiled above a scarp like serpents,
		Where I might hide my treasure with the squirrels.
	www.the-tree.org.uk /BritishTrees/beech5.htm (2404 words)

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