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THE CULT OF THE SERPENT IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCEON THE TOWER OF BABYLON
AND THE ZIGURRAT OF BORSIPPA20-26 March, 2002
Ph. D. Ana María Vázquez HoysPrehistory and Ancient History Dept.
U.N.E.D., Madrid (Spain)
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1. Pátera de Perotitos
• Interpretation?• Serpent was not goddess - Maybe a divinity.• Powers of protection, immortality, regeneration.
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2. Scene in the House of the Vetti
• Roman cult.• Soul of the dead = serpent inside the grave.• Spinal column becomes a serpent.• Sign of immortality.
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3. Mosaic Against the Evil Eye
• Mosaic in Tunis. • Roman Magic Beliefs.• Serpent protects against evil eye.
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4. Minoic Vessel
• IV Millenium - Greece - Minoic Times.• Serpent as an animal related to the gods.• Divine powers - Immortality.
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5. Serpent Priestesses/Goddesses
• Possibly related to immortality.• Possibly related to the serpent goddess adored in Crete.
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6. Apolo
• God Apolo.• Serpent entwined around the tripod of Delphos. • Python - Prophecy snake goddess vanquished by Sun God.
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7. Statue of Esculapio/Asclepio
• In Greece, the serpent is not a goddess.• The serpent symbolises healing power in the god´s rod.
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8. Statue of Higia
• Goddess of Health, daughter of Asclepio.• In the company of the serpent, healing symbol.• Serpent in pharmacy´s symbol, in modern world.
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9. God Nergal
• Ancient Near East.• Caduceus, serpent, and scorpion.
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10. Uroboros
• Phoenicia.• Serpent biting its tail.• Symbol of infinity.• Neverending passing of time.
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11. Vessel o Gudea (2141-2122 B.C.)
• Ancient Near East.• Caduceus, symbol of god Ningizzida.
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12. Scarf Serpent
• Ancient Greece.• Serpent used as Scarf.• Cold - relief from summer´s heat.
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13. Serpent-charmers
• From goddess to mere tourist attraction?
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14. Tutankamon - Goddess Wadjet
• Egyptian Pharaon.• Gets power from the goddess serpent.
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15. Cat-shaped Re Killing Serpent-shaped Apopi
• Ctonic or Sea Serpent.• Enemy of masculine sky divinities.
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16. Ur
• Mesopotamia.• Primitive goddeses.• Serpent-shaped or in company of serpents.
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17. Primitive Ideograms
• Snake Head from Susa, with the archaic sign without the qunu.
• Serpent Primitive Ideogram, read as MUS.
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18. Archaic Forms
• Ideogram origin of the sign BU, SIR.
• With a general sense of “to be or to become long, big, tall, to extend, to go far, to take”, with its translations ARKU, BAQAMU, RUQU, SABATU.
• Origin of the modern sign read as SIR, SUD, which, as ARAKU, means “to be long”, or ARKU, “long”.
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19. The sign MUS
MUS(Sumerian and Babilonic Asirian)
Bûs (Eblaitic)
SIRU, SERRU, SERU (Serpent)
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20. Other termsSarsaru, “Big Serpent”
Sippu, “Serpent” (Acadian)Basmu, “Venomous Serpent”,“Mythic serpent with fabulous
particularities”Btn, “Serpent” (Ugaritic)
Srr, (Hebraic)
Darra,(Arabic)
• According to Mayer Modena, the original meaning of this word comes from the Acadian SERRETU/SERRATE.• “To tie”, “to link together with a bond”, “magic knot”.
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21. Serpent - Magic Knot
• Ctonic animal.• Linked to the dead.• Magical and supernatural powers.• Linked to prophecies.
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22. Serpent Goddesses
• Sahan.• Mysterious serpent-goddess from Babylon.• Goddess of health. • Wife of Ninurta.
• Egypt.• Pharaon´s Uraeus.• Wadjet.
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23. Summary
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• In Ancient Near East and Egypt, the goddesses are serpent-shaped.• In the West, the serpents are not a divinity. They just symbolise their powers and their gifts to humans:
NourishingFertility
FecundityHealth
ImmortalityBeginning of Life
Protection in Afterlife...Weret-Heqau (Egypt)