| Is there a mystery here to be unravelled?
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| | found a race of wise men, half gods, half
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| Is there a serpent code being held by the
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| | demons (snakes). These men were said to
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| Grail myths? Can we uncover this code by
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| | be teachers of other nations and
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| taking a look at the Lady of Lake? The
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| | themselves instructed the Hindu's and
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| answer is yes to all these questions, for
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| | Brahmans.In the Bhagavata Purana there is
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| held within the folds of the coiled snake
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| | a description of the Bila-svarga or the
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| we shall discover the truth of the origin
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| | regions of the Nagas said to be
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| of the Arthurian tales and the strange
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| | subterranean. Some of the names
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| watery Lady who was to give Arthur his
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| | associated with this place relate
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| sword.There are various names attributed
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| | remarkably to the Mesoamerican and South
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| to the 'Lady of the Lake;' Nimue and
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| | American terms such as Tlaloc. "My dear
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| Vivienne are the two most used, but most
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| | king, beneath this earth are seven other
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| pertinent to us here is 'White Serpent.'
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| | planets [seven is important in Atlantean
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| Nimue is probably Mneme or Mnemosyne, who
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| | myths - seven islands!], known as Atala,
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| is one of the Muses or 'water nymphs'
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| | Vitala, Sutala, Talatala, Mahatala,
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| from Roman and Greek mythology and who
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| | Rstala and Patala... the residents are
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| gave out weapons - just as the Lady of
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| | known as Daityas, Danavas and Nagas . . .
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| the Lake did. Vivienne in all likelihood
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| | brilliantly decorated cities . . .
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| comes from Vi-Vianna or Co-Vianna the
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| | wonderful houses, walls, gates, assembly
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| 'water goddess' or Coventina of Celtic
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| | houses, temples, yards and temple
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| origin ('Coventina's Well' also had a
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| | compounds . . . The houses for the
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| skull offering discovered which is
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| | leaders of these planets are constructed
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| important in the worship of snakes and
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| | with the most valuable jewels, and are
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| wisdom [1].)These water deities are
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| | always crowded with the living entities
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| strongly related to the story of serpent
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| | known as Nagas and Asuras . . . Many
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| worship, and united with the tale of the
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| | great serpents reside there with gems on
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| sword or weaponry, it introduces the
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| | their hoods, and the effulgence of these
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| duality of peace and war so well known in
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| | gems dissipates the darkness in all
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| the serpent myths. The sword pierces and
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| | directions. Since the residents of these
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| strikes and involves contemporaneously,
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| | planets drink and bathe in juices and
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| the image of the serpent upon the blade
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| | elixirs made from wonderful herbs, they
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| via the unique metallurgy employed. This
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| | are freed from all anxieties and physical
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| wonderful metallurgy of the Middle Ages
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| | diseases. They have no experience of gray
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| and beyond reveals to us in actual
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| | hair, wrinkles or invalidity." (Bhagavata
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| artefacts that the serpent itself was
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| | Purana)There is currently a lot of debate
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| fashioned into the blade as part of the
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| | about the original inhabitants of India -
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| process. This of course relates to the
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| | whether Aryan or Naga, but the fact
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| fact that Arthur's sword was said to be a
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| | remains, whether the Nagas were Aryans or
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| fiery serpent in the Dream of Rhonabwy.
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| | not, they were an ancient inhabitant. The
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| When Arthur's sword is drawn it was said
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| | very fact that they were mentioned in the
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| that two flames of fire burst out of the
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| | ancient Rig Vedas shows this to be true.
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| jaws of the two serpents, and so
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| | They also intermarried with the Royal
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| wonderful was the sword that it was hard
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| | families, hence the popular myths of
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| for anyone to gaze at it. It is necessary
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| | serpent kings."Then come the Naaga, the
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| for Arthur to maintain ownership of the
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| | Siren serpents, whose worship has been so
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| sword, whether it is the sword from the
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| | important a factor in the folklore,
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| stone or Excalibur, as it ensures his
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| | superstition, and poetry of India from
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| victory and his life. The infamous
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| | the earliest times down to-day. Cobras in
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| Arthurian writer, Malory, indicates the
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| | their ordinary shape, they lived, like
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| brightness of the sword and its fiery
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| | mermen and mermaids, more beneath the
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| aspect, writing: "but it was so bright in
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| | water, in a great luxury and wealth, more
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| his enemies eyes, that it gave light like
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| | especially of germ, and sometimes, as we
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| thirty torches." But the sword in the
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| | shall see, the name is used of the
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| stone does not last long and the Lady of
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| | Dryads, the tree-spirits, equally wealthy
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| the Lake gives Arthur his Excalibur, and
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| | and powerful. They could at will and
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| also a serpent scabbard, which ensures
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| | often did, adopt the human form and
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| eternal life. Malory states quite clearly
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| | though terrible if angered, were kindly
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| "for whiles ye have the scabbard upon
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| | and mild by nature. Not mentioned either
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| you, ye shall never lose no blood, be ye
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| | in the Veda or in the pre-Buddhist
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| never so sore wounded; therefore keep
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| | Upanishads, the myth seems to be a
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| well the scabbard always with you." It is
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| | strange jumble of beliefs, not altogether
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| only when Arthur's half sister Morgan le
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| | pleasant, about a strangely gifted race
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| Fay steals the scabbard and replaces it
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| | of actual men; combined with notions
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| that Arthur becomes susceptible to the
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| | derived from previously existing theories
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| deadly blows of Mordred. The once prized
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| | of tree worship, and serpent worship, and
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| sword is then returned to the water, the
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| | river worship. But the history of the
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| home of the Lady of the Lake - the
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| | idea has still to be written. The Naagas
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| serpent spirit.There is a remarkable
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| | are represented on the ancient
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| resemblance between the tales of Arthur's
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| | bas-reliefs as men or women either with
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| sword and an unsuspecting Chinese legend.
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| | cobra's hoods rising behind their heads
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| A hero from the 6th century BC named Wu
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| | or with serpentine forms from their waist
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| Tzu-hsu threw his sword into a river "It
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| | downwards." Rhys Davies, Buddhist India,
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| shot forth like a spirit-glow, sparkling
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| | p.223.These tree deities were Nagas
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| brightly as it thrice sank and thrice
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| | anyway as Rhys Davies continues on page
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| came to the surface with a great gush and
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| | 223 "The tree-deities were called Naagas,
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| then hovered above the water. The god of
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| | and were able at will, like the Naagas,
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| the river . . . heard the swords roar . .
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| | to assume the human form and in one story
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| . he rolled in the waters in a great and
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| | the spirit of a Nunyan tree who reduced
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| frothing frenzy . . . Dragons raced along
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| | the merchants to ashes is called a
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| the waves and leaped out of the water.
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| | Naaga-raja, the tree itself is a dwelling
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| The river god held the sword in his hand
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| | place of Naaga. It seems that they also
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| and, frightened, told Wu Tzu-hsu to take
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| | left behind myths of healing as a story
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| it back." (Mair 1983, 141 and 286.) This
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| | in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of
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| story related in the 8th century AD
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| | the Asiatic Society demonstrates. When
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| simply cannot differ from Malory's tale
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| | there was an epidemic among the children,
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| of the sword. In China there were tales
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| | it seems the only answer was to bring
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| of great swords such as Dragon Spring and
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| | them to a snake skin which was hung on a
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| others still that leap into the waters
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| | pole and allow them to touch it -
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| surrounded by dragons, which churn up the
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| | reminding us of the idea of the Brazen
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| water. Wu Tzu-hsu's sword is also called
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| | Serpent of Moses, which was upon a pole
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| Dragon Spring. [2]And this Dragon Spring
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| | and for the healing of the "children" of
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| carries us back again to the water nymphs
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| | Israel. This may explain why it is that
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| who were seen universally as controlling
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| | the tree-gods are not specially and
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| the essential essence of life via their
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| | separately mentioned in the Maha Samaya
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| relationship with the healing waters,
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| | list of deities who are there said by the
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| springs and lakes. Coventina was
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| | poet to have come to pay reverence to the
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| worshipped widely and it is highly likely
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| | Buddha."The history of the Nagas that we
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| that the Arthurian Morgan Le Fay is
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| | do have, textually beginning around the
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| associated with her, as her name implies
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| | 7th century BC is an amazing history of
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| water nymph. There are also elements,
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| | ups and downs. It parallels the rise and
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| which introduce her into the 'Triple
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| | fall of the serpent worshipped by the
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| Goddess' of the Celtic religion and
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| | Semites, with the Brazen Serpent being
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| therefore relating her to Bridgid. She
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| | raised in the wilderness and then broken
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| was a great goddess of healing; linked
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| | up in the temple. Like Melusine and
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| strongly with water nymphs - and in
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| | Sibillia, Tante Arie also loved to plunge
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| relation to the sword she was also a
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| | into cool pools in her caverns of
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| great smith.She also owned an apple
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| | Milandre where she changed into a vouivre
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| orchard, which relates nicely to Avalon,
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| | or serpent; bringing to mind the concept
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| the isle of apples. Her day is called
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| | that the shape-shifting Nagas of India
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| Imbolc - around the 2nd February - but it
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| | which were said to reside in the
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| is also known as Oimelc, Candlemas and in
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| | underwater realms. Surely these ladies of
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| the USA as 'Groundhog Day.' This special
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| | ancient lore are folk memories of serpent
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| event in the American calendar involves
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| | worshipping leaders from the past - and a
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| of course the mass killing of snakes, and
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| | positively feminine one at that. The
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| relates to the tale of Bridgid's snake,
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| | Nagas were also said to have jewels in
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| which comes out of the mound from which
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| | their foreheads, like many other serpents
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| it had been hibernating.At Oimelc it is
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| | from legend. As if knowing this, the
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| said that the singers cry, "The day of
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| | vouivre too wears a jewel in the middle
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| Bride, the birthday of spring, The
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| | of her forehead. The Nagas are also said
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| serpent emerges from the knoll." And in
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| | to protect great treasure, so too do the
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| winter, Scottish folk poems still speak
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| | ladies of European lore.We know that the
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| of the serpent that dwells in the
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| | Scythians were great worshippers of the
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| hillside.As the 'Lady of the Lake' forged
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| | serpent from many sources - as in the
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| Arthur's sword, so too the various parts
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| | bracelets found, which the women wore as
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| of these ancient goddesses simply must
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| | symbols of fertility. The Scythians were
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| have been collated together in the form
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| | intimately linked with the Naga, serpent
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| of this Arthurian water goddess - a new
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| | worshippers of India via trade and war.
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| deity forged.These goddesses, all
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| | They came to Europe via several means -
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| basically the same, are also related to
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| | one of them as hired hands of the Romans,
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| Sibyl or the Sibillia who presides over
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| | and in this way crept into the Arthurian
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| witches; and in the Ukraine one of the
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| | legend. Herodotus tells us of an account
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| names for 'witch' actually means 'snake,'
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| | of the Scythian snake goddess who was
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| and in Russia it was believed that
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| | mistress of the land where the Dniepr
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| witches had snake tails. This sheds more
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| | flowed into the Black Sea. This Scythian
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| light on the idea that witches mixed
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| | serpent goddess was also a cave
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| their famous brews and elixirs in their
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| | dweller.The xana serpent goddesses of
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| cauldrons, very much like the cauldron
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| | Asturias even had a sacred and valuable
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| such as the one discovered at Gundestrup.
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| | chalice stolen by a human, only to
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| For if it is true what we uncovered in
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| | eventually deposit the famed cup in a
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| The Serpent Grail, then this brew was
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| | Church - thus taking the sacred cup from
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| serpent venom and blood.Sibillia has the
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| | the serpent and giving it to
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| 'power over life' and touches baskets and
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| | Christianity. These xana's kept their
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| bottles with her wand to restore them
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| | treasures in a "serpent cave" immersed in
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| afresh. Sibillia taught magical arts in
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| | pools, remarkably like the Patala of the
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| her serpent grotto where shape-shifting
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| | Nagas.
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| fairies reminiscent of the naginis
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| | In Wales the serpents were said to
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| (female serpents) of India emerge and
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| | emerge and congregate on Midsummer's Eve
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| dance around. These fairies are said to
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| | to blow into the Serpent Stones / Eggs or
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| turn into snakes each Saturday. Anyone
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| | Glain Neidr which is reminiscent of
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| who wished to enter this Sybil Cave must
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| | Pliny's tale of this activity amongst the
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| love snakes or suffer the consequences.
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| | Gauls. The snakes are said to create eggs
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| Sibillia is also seen in the Life of
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| | or alternatively 'new life.' In Wales
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| Robin Goodfellow (similar to Robin Hood
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| | these serpent stones were said to be
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| and which means "bright or shining hood")
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| | coloured pebbles, which gave 'second
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| as Sib, who speaks for the fairies. She
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| | sight' and healing.Midsummer's Eve was
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| says that they live in "some great hill,
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| | the night when the serpents would role
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| and from thence we do lend money to any
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| | themselves into hissing balls and create
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| poore man or woman that hath need." In
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| | the glain egg, also known as 'snake
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| the 15th century, Perceforest has her as
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| | stone' or 'Druid's egg.' In Welsh myth
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| the 'Lady of the Lake.'In Scottish myth
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| | even Merlin himself went in search of
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| one of these fairies lived inside a tree
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| | them.Victor H. Mair of the University of
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| and often appeared holding a limpet shell
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| | Pennsylvania also points to the
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| containing the 'milk of wisdom' which was
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| | association between the Scythian and the
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| called the "copan Moire" or "Cup of Mary"
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| | Arthurian tales: "The Nart sagas
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| in her hands - an obvious allusion to the
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| | [repositories of Scythian traditions]
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| 'life-giving' element and wisdom of these
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| | contain parallels with Arthurian legend
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| snake, shape-shifters remembered in
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| | so numerous and so uncannily close that
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| legend.There are many other tales, which
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| | it is impossible they are
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| link these European snake shape-shifters
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| | unrelated."Interestingly, remains of
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| to the Nagas of India and we would just
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| | these Scythians have been found on the
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| like to break off for a moment to take a
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| | Silk Road to China. Remains here of
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| look at these peculiar deities.Naga is a
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| | Caucasians dates back even before that
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| Sanskrit term meaning literally Serpent
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| | and at present stand somewhere in the
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| (especially cobra) but it also holds the
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| | region of 3,000 years BC, with female
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| meanings - a tree; a mountain; the sun;
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| | Shaman being buried in full regalia,
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| the number seven; wisdom and initiate -
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| | tattoos of spirals and zig zags and long
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| all symbols and emblems we will become
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| | finger nails. This in itself shows the
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| familiar with in the worship of the
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| | widespread travel of these Scythians or
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| serpent. They are said to reside in
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| | those like them and the transport of
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| Patala, however this has a meaning
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| | ideas, possible many thousands of years
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| similar to antipodes, the same name given
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| | ago. In China of course, we find the
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| by the ancients to the America's. It is a
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| | serpents or dragons as friendly creatures
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| similar term to the Mexican Nagals, the
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| | who become the ancestors of the very
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| medicine (healers) and sorcerers who
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| | Emperor's themselves and seep into
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| always kept a god in the shape of a
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| | Chinese alchemy as symbols of the
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| serpent. In Burma they are Nats or
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| | Elixir.So, in summing up, what do we
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| serpent gods. Esoterically Naga is a term
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| | have? We have serpent deities, across the
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| for wise men. There is a folk tradition
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| | world, living in underwater kingdoms,
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| that Nagas washed Gautama (Buddha) at his
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| | making great weapons and guarding
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| birth - the wise men visiting the deity
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| | wondrous treasures. We have etymology
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| on Earth and cleansing the enlightened
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| | linking them to the Lady of the Lake and
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| one. They are also said to have guarded
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| | we have Arthurian links and Grail
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| him and the relics of his body after his
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| | connections through the mighty warrior
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| death.According to H. P. Blavatsky in
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| | race of the Scythians. In short, we have
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| Theosophical Glossary, the Naga were
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| | here, the truth of the Lady herself and
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| descended from Rishi Kasyapa who had
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| | the origin of the Grail mythos is yet
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| twelve wives (therefore he is the sun),
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| | again to be found within the tale of the
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| by whom he had numerous Nagas (serpents)
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| | snake. History, it seems, needs
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| and was the father of all animals. Rishi
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| | re-appraising.Notes
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| Kasyapa can therefore be none other than
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| | 1 See The Serpent Grail by Philip
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| a progenitor of the Green Man, and this
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| | Gardiner and Gary Osborn, Watkins, 2005.
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| explains the reasons for the appearance
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| | 2 See for more information about the
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| of the snake in images of the Green Man
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| | serpent sword or visit and go to
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| and Horned God, such as the Gundestrup
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| | articles.Permission to re-print this
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| Cauldron.There is also a theory that the
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| | article is hereby given by Philip
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| Nagas descended from the Scythic race and
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| | Gardiner and Gary Osborn, Sept 2005.
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| when the Brahmins invaded India they
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