20 Most Deadliest and Dangerous Snakes In the World
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Snakes have always belonged to the world’s mysterious and scary category of creatures. Humans have a strange relationship with snakes. We co-evolved with these carnivorous reptiles. They have been a part of our mythology, folklore and religions. There were several cultures which deemed snake a creature worthy of worship. These cultures regarded snakes as divine entities due to their renewal. The ancient Sumerians adored a snake god, called Ningishzida, while in Africa people worshipped a serpent, named Dahomey. Snakes, especially cobra, was the subject of ancient Egyptians’ worship as well. Serpents could embody either the evil, or the good. In India, snake worship has a longstanding tradition, as “nagas” are ranked high in Hindu mythology. In ancient Rome we can also observe the tradition of snake worship, as the name of Marsian goddess Angitia origins from the word “serpent”, and she was the goddess of snake-charmers, snakes and witches. Ancient Greece was not an exception either, as for their myth, Eurynome and Ophion (meaning serpent) ruled the world, before they were defeated by Rhea and Kronos. But over the course of centuries, there has been a decline in snake’s reputation as a deity or a mythological creature as modern man is becoming aware of the dangers of being close to snakes. We don’t like them, we fear of them and we exterminate them wherever we can.