When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The medical symbol of serpents wrapped around a staff is a familiar one in the field, decorating ...

The article examines the diverse portrayals of snakes in global mythologies. It discusses their symbolic meanings in ancient Egyptian, Greek, Chinese cultures as well as Native American traditions.

In myth, snakes, or serpents, are often connected to seers and oracles. Teiresias is the most notorious seer in Greek myth. As a young man, he came upon a pair of coupling serpents on Mount Cithaeron, ...