The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

Serpent in homoeopathic magic, i. 154 sq.;

dried, in ceremony for stopping rain, i. 295 sq.;

hung up as a wind-charm, i. 323;

or dragon of water, ii. 155 sqq.;

or dragon personated by kings, iv. 82;

the Brazen, worshipped to the time of Hezekiah, iv. 86;

sacred, on the Acropolis at Athens, iv. 86;

as the giver of children, v. 86;

at rites of initiation, v. 90 n. 4;

fed by a woman out of a saucer, type in Greek art, viii. 18 n. 2;