As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

The animals also have a pointed snout or rostrum, which resembles an ecclesiastical hat, which is why they were sometimes also called sea bishops. 'Sea serpent myths go back into antiquity to a point ...

Greek mythology‘s Circe is a fascinating sorceress ... A fearsome and elusive sea snake known as the Gloucester sea serpent ...

In Greek mythology the rod of Asclepius, entwined with a single serpent, symbolizes medicine and healing — an emblem still used in health care today. This stems from the snake's ability to shed ...