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Title: Zigzag journeys in the Levant, with a Talmudist story-teller : a spring trip of the Zigzag club through Egypt and the Holy Land
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905
Subjects: Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriant
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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added. I saw them getting up, and their thrones or cat-stoolstipping over after them. It did seem so, sure. The artist has partly verified the statements of the two Charlies,and especially the last. SERPENT-CHARMING. Serpent-charming is a popular diversion in Egypt. One may seeserpent-charmers in the squares and gardens of Alexandria and Cairo,and even at the Arab villages at and near the ruins of Thebes. The serpent in Egypt was an emblem of life and immortality. It \was regarded as sacred. Its wisdom gave it a place among the rep-tiles that were gifted by the gods. Wisdom, disobedient, is cunning; . obedient, it is life. Moses may have had this thought in mind when j Ii
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t3 H< l-H < Qw THE RUINS OF THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WORLD. 149 he uplifted, as empaled, the brazen serpent in the wilderness, althoughit is taught that the act represented the conquest of life over theprinciple of evil. The Israelites had doubtless been accustomed tosee the serpent everywhere represented as the emblem of life. In theBoston Art Museum may be seen a picture of a priest uplifting asacred serpent with his hand, on a very ancient fragment. At Cairo the exhibitions of the serpent-charmers are well supportedby the English residents and visitors. At small places the exhibitorsgain a precarious Uving. Our tourists met one of these performers at the Arab village atThebes. His serpents were asps, or the Egyptian cobra. They wereabout five feet long, and distended their heads when excited. The Arab seemed to handle them without fear or discomfort. Theywould move their heads to the sound of music, at his bidding. Their fangs have been extracted, said Charlie Noble to AliBedair

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  • booksubject:Middle_East____Description_and_travel
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