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[wood_nymph]

well let's see. it could be argued that the biggest role the snake symbol has in mainstream society comes from judeo-christian religion ie the serpant from the garden of edan- the bringer of dangerous knowledge. it's a theme that crops up quite a bit in religious discourse. could also be argued that this first image of the snake was the catalyst for its commo accosiation with evil and dark things.then again you could look at them from the prespective of new age religions ie the Ourborus in alchemy a symbol for teh cycle of life and death and essentially all that is also described by arsitole as "the perfect creature"