Category:Horned serpent
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A mythological serpent told of in Southeastern Native American comminities | |||||
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Snakes with horns appear in many Native American cosmologies and religions and are represented frequently in prehistoric North American art. They are particularly known by the names
- Tie-Snakes, Estakwvnayv (Muscogee)
- Tcinto såktco (Alabama)
- Uktena (Cherokee)
- Unktehi or Unktehila (Dakota)
- Unktehila or Ųȟcéǧila (Lakota)
- Misi-kinepikw (Cree)
- Msi-kinepikwa (Shawnee)
- Misi-ginebig (Oji-Cree)
- Mishi-ginebig (Ojibwe)
- Pita-skog (Abenaki)
- Sinti lapitta (Choctaw)
- Olobit (Natchez)
- Avanyu (Tewa)
These spirit being is sometimes represented with horns or antlers and sometimes appear with wings when specifically associated with the Draco constellation. Horned or ramhorned snakes also appear in Romano-British and Gallo-Roman mythology and art, usually in combination with gods considered equivalent to Mercury or Mars in Interpretatio Graeca or Romana.
Media in category "Horned serpent"
The following 34 files are in this category, out of 34 total.
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Hercules (Musgrave).jpg 1,063 × 2,283; 311 KB
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Hercules (Moll).jpg 320 × 503; 30 KB
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Agawa Rock, panel VIII.jpg 3,664 × 2,843; 3.47 MB
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AgawaRock23.jpg 550 × 357; 33 KB
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Cernunnos, Roman relief, Corinium Museum.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 605 KB
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Chromesun 4 uktenas design.jpg 444 × 405; 92 KB
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Chromesun moundville stone palette01.jpg 491 × 420; 79 KB
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Citico style gorget Anderson County, Tn HRoe 2012.jpg 410 × 400; 171 KB
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Featheredserpentnotchedplatevol2mississip86.png 345 × 351; 42 KB
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Misshepezhieu 1.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.89 MB
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Misshepezhieu, canoe and serpents 1.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.75 MB
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Misshepezhieu, canoe and serpents 2.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.8 MB
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Moore1907Fig.57,ves.33s.ofM.D(M3).jpg 1,479 × 1,591; 286 KB
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Moundville Archaeological Park 073.JPG 2,256 × 1,504; 566 KB
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Moundville Archaeological Park 64.JPG 1,066 × 1,066; 299 KB
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Moundville stone pallette HRoe 2003.jpg 600 × 613; 337 KB
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Nodena S.E.C.C. ogee pot HRoe 2006.jpg 600 × 494; 299 KB
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Nuu-chah-nulth Basket.jpg 3,008 × 2,000; 2.34 MB
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Piasa Swastika.svg 400 × 400; 115 KB
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Rattlesnake Disk(reference to Moore1905Fig.7).jpg 1,645 × 1,679; 372 KB
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Serpentswitheyehand.png 240 × 250; 43 KB
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Snakerock.jpg 500 × 480; 88 KB
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Stele cobra goddess Louvre N4193.jpg 2,300 × 3,067; 3.52 MB
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Stele Nakhtimen Meretseger Louvre N4193.jpg 1,900 × 2,850; 3.63 MB
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Tattoo mississippiandesign HRoe 2006.jpg 400 × 300; 58 KB
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Underwater Panther rock painting (crop).jpg 1,193 × 947; 980 KB
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Water Monster Tipi on left, Red Painted Tipi at right. 861.jpg 1,536 × 1,242; 214 KB
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Winged serpent HRoe 2008 01.jpg 580 × 314; 46 KB