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The Serpent Is Rising is the third album by American band Styx, released in October 1973, a mere three months after their previous album Styx II in July 1973. The album was reissued in 1980 with new artwork and a new title, Serpent .
Nehushtan. In the biblical Books of Kings ( 2 Kings 18:4; written c. 550 BC), the Nehushtan ( / nəˈhʊʃtən /; Hebrew: נְחֻשְׁתָּן, romanized : Nəḥuštān [nəħuʃtaːn]) is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. The image is described in the Book of Numbers, where Yahweh instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelites ...
Teng. Chinese Seal script for teng 螣 "flying dragon". The Chinese character 螣 for teng or te graphically combines a phonetic element of zhen 朕 "I, we (only used by emperors)" with the "insect radical " 虫. This radical is typically used in characters for insects, worms, reptiles, and dragons (e.g., shen 蜃 "a sea-monster dragon" or jiao ...
Nāga. In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas ( Sanskrit: नाग, romanized : Nāga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half- serpent beings that reside in the netherworld ( Patala ), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini.
Hindu philosophy. In Hinduism, kundalini ( Sanskrit: कुण्डलिनी, romanized : kuṇḍalinī, lit. 'coiled snake', pronunciation ⓘ) is a form of divine feminine energy (or Shakti) believed to be located at the base of the spine, in the muladhara. It is an important concept in Śhaiva Tantra, where it is believed to be a force ...
Jörmungandr in the sea during Ragnarök, drawn by the Norwegian illustrator Louis Moe in 1898.. In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (Old Norse: Jǫrmungandr, lit. 'the Vast 'gand'', see Etymology), also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr), is an unfathomably large sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth and biting his own tail ...
The Conversion of Saul. Mary and Christ. The Last Judgment ( Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) [1] is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity.
The Swedish lindworm lacks wings and limbs. The lindworm ( worm meaning snake, see germanic dragon ), also spelled lindwyrm or lindwurm, is a mythical creature in Northern, Western and Central European folklore that traditionally has the shape of a giant serpent monster living deep in the forest. It can be seen as a sort of dragon .