As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

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This imagery traces back to Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing ... are often depicted as half-human, half-snake. Some historians also believe the national emblem of China -- loong ...

In Chinese creation myths, the snake race is one of the ancient divine races, and important deities such as Pangu, Fuxi, and Nuwa often appear as half-human ... from the Greek myth of “rod ...

This imagery traces back to Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing ... are often depicted as half-human, half-snake. Some historians also believe the national emblem of China -- loong, or Chinese ...

This imagery traces back to Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of healing ... are often depicted as half-human, half-snake. Some historians also believe the national emblem of China -- loong, or Chinese ...

In Greek mythology the rod of Asclepius ... In the Chinese Legend of the White Snake, Bai Suzhen is a snake spirit who transforms into a woman and falls in love with a human.