Snake worship she sold herself to a man named Gonga no Tayu, who (unbeknownst to Sayohime) intended to sacrifice her to the snake deity of his village in place of his own daughter. When presented to the snake, Sayohime read from the Lotus sutra, enabling the deity to achieve enlightenment and shed its monstrous form. The deity then returned Sayohime to the care of her mother. In Australia, various Aboriginal mythologies tell of a huge python, known by a variety of names but universally referred to as the Rainbow Serpent, that was said to have created the landscape, embodied the spirit of
Midgard Serpent (Marvel Comics) a splash page to depict the creature's size, and then full pages to demonstrate the battle between the pair. Although killed, the Serpent was resurrected in "Thor" #486 - 488 (May - July 1995), and featured in "Avengers" vol. 3, #1 (Feb. 1998) before reappearing in "Thor" #80 vol. 2, (Aug. 2004). The Midgard Serpent first appears when a scientist draws what he believes to be venom from a statue of the serpent, the liquid becoming a deadly solvent. In the realm of Asgard, the seer Volla makes a prophecy that Thunder God Thor will battle the Midgard Serpent during