According to legend, who rid Ireland of snakes?
Culture of Ireland falls on the date 17 March and is marked by parades and festivals in cities and towns across the island of Ireland, and by the Irish diaspora around the world. The festival is in remembrance to Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Pious legend credits Patrick with the banishing of the snakes from the island, and the legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God'. In Northern Ireland on The
Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu Legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu The legend of Trentren Vilu and Caicai Vilu is a Mapuche flood myth that tells the story of a fierce battle between two mythical snakes, "Trentren Vilu" (trentren="related with the earth", vilu="snake") and "Caicai Vilu" (Caicai="related to water", vilu="snake").It explains how the south of Chile came to have its accidented geography. According to the Mapuche, these two snakes were originally the children of the most powerful pillans, who were converted into their animal forms as punishment.Peripillán's son was turned into a huge snake that would be Caicai and Antu's son turned into a