Snake worship snake for a tail and a serpentine mane), the serpent-tailed Chimaera, the serpent-like water beast Hydra, and the hundred-headed serpentine dragon Ladon. Both the Lernaean Hydra and Ladon were slain by Herakles. Python, an enemy of Apollo, was always represented in vase-paintings and by sculptors as a serpent. Apollo slew Python and made her former home, Delphi, his own oracle. The Pythia took her title from the name Python. Amphisbaena, a Greek word, from amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go", also called the "Mother of Ants", is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end.
Snake-stone the delay in seeking appropriate medical care." Snake-stone A snake-stone, also known as a viper's stone, black stone, " schwarze Steine", " pierres noire", "piedritas negras", serpent-stone, or nagamani is an animal bone or stone used as folk medicine for snake bite in Africa, South America, and Asia. The early Celtic era European Adder stone is also called a snake stone, and is usually made from coloured glass, often with holes. Its purpose is for protection against evil spirits rather than snake bite. Experts are concerned that relying on a black stone may prevent snakebite victims from seeking appropriate medical