Me and my friend 30Kellan, have decided to do a collab! You should definitely read his post,SNaKeS, first. Here’s the link:https://30kellanhr.edublogs.org/. Have you seen it? Good! Now, back to snakes in history. Snakes have fascinated humans for as long as we have been around. The Egyptian Cobra (Naja haje) was placed on the crowns of the Egyptian Pharaohs as a sign of Lower Egypt (the delta)

 

Next, let’s talk about snake myths. First, the rainbow snake. This is a giant snake that is colored like, yes, a rainbow. It is a spirit that appeared during Dreamtime, the Aboriginal creation time. It used it’s long body to carve canyons and valleys across Australia. Next, Medusa. She was a priestess of Athena, but Poseidon loved her and she got pregnant. Well, the priestesses of Athena are supposed to stay virgins, so Athena got really mad and transformed her into a snake-haired monster. She travelled to Africa, where lots of snakes fell out of her hair and crawled all over, and that’s why there are so many snakes in Africa, says the story. Well, a hero named Perseus, who wanted to prove himself to his king, came and slayed her ( I can do a myth post later). Remember how she was pregnant? When she died, her children came out of her severed neck. One was Pegasus, a winged horse and the other was a giant named Chrysaor. Now, time for a false snake story: Cleopatra and the asp. According to the story, Cleopatra committed suicide by having a venomous asp ( a snake) bite her. Actually, scientists and historians believe it was two pricks from a poisoned hair pin ( yes, a hair pin). Well, that’s it for this week. Bye!