Men say our cult is a survival of the ancient Stygian serpent-worship. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour of the Dragon]
And now to remove the boils from their children they resolved to comply with the fortune-teller's directions, and go through a grand performance of serpent-worship. From Wordnik.com. [Old Daniel] Reference
Or was it the commemoration of some battle in olden times, or the record of astronomical or geometrical discoveries, or a temple once devoted to serpent-worship, or what?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
He told my parents that the boils had come in consequence of their neglect of serpent-worship, and that the children would be cured if my parents would again worship snakes. From Wordnik.com. [Old Daniel] Reference
"I have a thing on serpent-worship," the scientist replied -- "written years ago.". From Wordnik.com. [The Damnation of Theron Ware] Reference
The primaeval serpent-worship is perpetuated in the reverence paid to traditional village-snakes. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official] Reference
Naga kingdoms on the continent of India, showing that at that time serpent-worship had not been entirely extinguished by Brahmanism in the. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
The plains of Macra were not far from Mount Lebanon and Hermon; where the Hivites resided; and where serpent-worship particularly prevailed. From Wordnik.com. [A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)] Reference
S.me additional light appears to have been thrown upon ancient serpent-worship in the West by the recent archaeological explorations of Mr. John S. Phené, F.G.S. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
Rhodes was under this predicament, and had the name of Ophiusa: which name was given on account of the Hivites, who there settled, and of the serpent-worship, which they introduced. From Wordnik.com. [A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)] Reference
Deronda's hotel; but she was then already far up the Obere Strasse, and she walked on with her usual floating movement, every line in her figure and drapery falling in gentle curves attractive to all eyes except those which discerned in them too close a resemblance to the serpent, and objected to the revival of serpent-worship. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
Through the story in xxi. 4-11 we can detect the practice of serpent-worship, which we know persisted to the time of Hezekiah (2. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Old Testament] Reference
Traces of serpent-worship in Ceylon. From Wordnik.com. [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Both had a species of serpent-worship. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
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