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bob ford wrote:

> Just for point of interest; Navaho is our name for them, they call
> themselves "Denai" which means "the people".  Navojo do not have
> anything to do wih snakes -dead or alive--it is verbotten.  Navajo
> will not mess around with dead bodies.

Once, I saw on tv a program that talked about the rattlesnake cult that 
has influenced so many indigenous tribes. I wish more research would be 
presented on that as it was extremely interesting.  The designs you see, 
typical 'southwestern' motif, come from both the stylized image of the 
snake as well as the chevron pattern on the snake.   Apparently the 
snake cult in the Americas really picked up steam around the time of 
Quetzelcoatl(the feathered serpent)  Q-man was the native equivalent of 
Jesus, for those unaware.  Came and left mysteriously, and while here 
traveled around, healed, taught, and performed miracles.  He was 
supposed to return again(second coming).  Cortez was mistaken for 
Quetzelcoatl.
This snake stuff is almost worldwide.  Our innate apprehension if not 
fear has become archetypal.  Is it no coincidence that we find a snake 
on the caduceus..the venom is deadly, yet amazingly it also has healing 
ability and is being investigated.   Is it coincidence that the 
following gods of healing/learning, Hermes, Thoth, Kulkulkan, and 
Quetzalcoatl, all are associated with the snake? (there are plenty more, 
just naming a few you may already know.
Mythology has always fascinated and interested me, going all the way 
back to Sumeria/Babylonia.  I name animals after mythological figures, 
and of course mythology is found in my other hobby, astronomy.

Consider these 'rough' Sumerian equivalents(and I know this is super 
simplistic):
An, the father, the god of gods, his symbol is the star, like an 
asterisk in cuneiform.
Ea/Enki and Enlil, half brothers; warring sons of An.
Ea/Enki is the god of the seas, the alleged god who warned the Noah 
types, , whose family symbol is the serpent
Enlil is the god of airspace or atmosphere; he is the bringer of 
kingship and agriculture whose symbol is the Eagle or bird
Together ruling Earth, they become the feathered serpent.

My very convoluted point is that the snake cult goes back as far as 
history does...are the 'reptilian' aliens just a futuristic extension of 
this?
I think this bears further investigation.

Bev


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