Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt

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Behr-Glinka, A.I. " Folk-Tale Type ATU411 in Eurasian Folk Tradition: Some Remarks to the “Typological Index of Folk-Tale Types” of H.-J. Uther" [Siuzhetnyi tip ATU411 v skazochnoi traditsiiEvrazii: nekoto rye zamechaniia k “Tipologicheskomu ukazateliu skazochnykh siuzhetov” H.-J. Utera]. Etnograficheskoe Obozrenie, 2018, no. 4, pp. 171–184. ISSN 0869-5415 doi: 10.31857/S086954150000414-5 He once said, "You can add a few extra stars to get a fairly good handle and spout." Not too far away to the southeast are the stars of Sagittarius and Corona Australis, which can be visualized as a teapot, teaspoon and lemon. Lovi called this entire region the "Celestial Cupboard." Segal, Charles M. (1998). Aglaia: The Poetry of Alcman, Sappho, Pindar, Bacchylides, and Corinna. Rowman & Littlefield. p.91; 338. ISBN 978-0-8476-8617-9.

Are we today who see ourselves as consumers, more advanced than an ancient people who related their existence to their place in the cosmos? Alpha Serpentis is the brightest star in the constellation. It has an apparent magnitude of 2.623 and is approximately 74 light years distant from the Sun. It is a double star located in the serpent’s head, Serpens Caput. Serpens has one star brighter than magnitude 3.00 and two stars located within 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) of Earth. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Serpentis, also known by its traditional name, Unukalhai, with an apparent magnitude of 2.63. The nearest star is GJ 1224 (spectral class M4.5V), a flare star located at a distance of 24.60 light years from Earth. Apollon, Python". Apollon.uio.no. Archived from the original on January 19, 2012 . Retrieved December 7, 2012. Some Native American tribes give reverence to the rattlesnake as grandfather and king of snakes who is able to give fair winds or cause tempest. [ citation needed] Among the Hopi of Arizona the serpent figures largely in one of the dances. [ citation needed] The rattlesnake was worshiped in the Natchez Temple of the Sun, [ citation needed] and the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl was a feathered serpent-god. In many Meso-American cultures, the serpent was regarded as a portal between two worlds. The tribes of Peru are said to have adored great snakes in the pre-Inca days, and in Chile the Mapuche made a serpent figure in their deluge beliefs. [ citation needed]

Celestial Objects of Interest

Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index tale type ATU 485, "Borma Jarizhka" or "The City of Babylon": a tsar sends a brave knight to the city of Babylon to retrieve three symbols of royal power (a robe, a crown, a scepter). The city is surrounded by snakes and ruled by a princess with snake-like attributes. [54]

When the ancients looked up at the night sky they saw random patterns in the stars. The Greeks, for instance, named one of these “constellations” Serpens, because of its resemblance to a snake. What they wouldn’t have been able to see is that at the tail end of this constellation there is a wealth of stunning astronomical objects. These include the Eagle, the Omega and the Sh2-54 nebulae; the last of these is revealed, in a new light, in this spectacular infrared image. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. p. 144. Coedès, George (1971) [1968]. Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. translated by Susan Brown Cowing. Honolulu: Research Publications and Translations Program of the Institute of Advanced Projects, East-West Center, University of Hawaii. p.48. ISBN 0-7081-0140-2. Glinka, Lukasz Andrzej (2014). Aryan Unconscious: Archetype of Discrimination, History & Politics, Great Abington, UK: Cambridge International Science Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907343-59-9.

Nebulae in Serpens

Thereafter, everybody concerned moved into the night sky: Orion, with his two faithful canine companions, Canis Major and Canis Minor; Aesculapius, with Serpens, the serpent; Scorpius, the scorpion; and Lepus, the hare, whom Orion was hunting when he had his encounter with the scorpion. David Solomon & John Anthony West (editor), The Dead Saints Chronicles: A Zen Journey Through the Christian Afterlife, Dead Saints Media, 2016 The Minoan Snake Goddess brandished a serpent in either hand, perhaps evoking her role as source of wisdom, rather than her role as Mistress of the Animals ( Potnia Theron), with a leopard under each arm. Probably the most intriguing tracing came from the late George Lovi, who was a good friend of mine. Lovi penned the popular "Ramblings" column in Sky & Telescope magazine for more than 20 years. He viewed the stars of Ophiuchus and Serpens as a pattern that resembles a coffee urn. Ji pagrįstai gali būti laikoma baltų – lietuvių ir latvių – pasaka, nes daugiausia jos variantų užrašyta Lietuvoje ir Latvijoje." Bagočiūnas, Saulis. ""Eglė žalčių karalienė": pasakos topografijos paieškos" ["Eglė - the Queen of Serpents": in search of the tale's topography]. In: Tautosakos darbai [Folklore Studies]. 2008, 36, p. 64. ISSN 1392-2831 [2]