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Horned Serpent
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The Horned Serpent appears in the mythologies of many cultures including Native American peoples, European, and Near Eastern mythology. Details vary among cultures, with many of the stories associatin
The Horned Serpent design is a common theme on pottery from Casas Grandes (Paquimé)
The Horned Serpent design is a common theme on pottery from Casas Grandes (Paquimé)
Tie-snakes on a Mississippian sandstone plate from the Moundville Archaeological Site
Tie-snakes on a Mississippian sandstone plate from the Moundville Archaeological Site
The antlered deity of the Gundestrup cauldron, commonly identified with Cernunnos, holding a ram-horned serpent and a torc.
The antlered deity of the Gundestrup cauldron, commonly identified with Cernunnos, holding a ram-horned serpent and a torc.
Relief of Cernunnos with two ram-horned snakes in the Corinium Museum.
Relief of Cernunnos with two ram-horned snakes in the Corinium Museum.
Basilisk
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In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes any being to die when glanced at. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder,
Horned Serpent
…Sweden, there are claims of a huge water snake, the sight of which was deadly, called Storsjöodjuret. This latter characteristic is reminiscent of the basilisk. The cerastes is a creature described in Greek mythology as a snake with either two large ram-like horns or four pairs of smaller horns. Isidore of…
Basilisk aldrovandi
Basilisk aldrovandi
City seal of Zwolle from 1295 with the Archangel Michael killing a basilisk
City seal of Zwolle from 1295 with the Archangel Michael killing a basilisk
The basilisk and the weasel, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder. The cockatrice (pictured) became seen as synonymous with the basilisk when the "basiliscu
The basilisk and the weasel, by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder. The cockatrice (pictured) became seen as synonymous with the basilisk when the "basiliscus" in Bartholomeus Anglicus's De proprietatibus rerum (ca 1260) was translated by John Trevisa as "cockatrice" (1397).
A putto kills a basilisk, symbolic of Swedish occupiers and Protestant heresy, on the Mariensäule, Munich, erected in 1638.
A putto kills a basilisk, symbolic of Swedish occupiers and Protestant heresy, on the Mariensäule, Munich, erected in 1638.