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| The Cobra King | ||
| 作者 | McNeely, Jeffrey A. ; Wachtel, Paul Spencer |
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| 出處題名 | International Wildlife |
| 卷期 | v.16 |
| 出版日期 | 1986.01-02 |
| 頁次 | 38 - 41 |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 720 |
| 關鍵詞 | Snakes; Mythology;McNeely, Jeffrey A.; Wachtel, Paul Spencer; |
| 摘要 | The cobra, one of the world's deadliest snakes, is a major symbol of fertility and rebirth in Asia. A mature king cobra can be up to eighteen feet long. When it strikes, it injects enough poison to kill a man within twenty minutes; its smaller cousin，the common or Asian cobra, poses an even greater threat because it is more common. Both varieties emerge from their eggs just before the monsoon season in many areas of Asia, which accounts for their association with the earth's rebirth. Many ancient fertility rituals involved women and cobras. The evangelical school of Buddhism that spread from India into Southeast Asia around the time of Christ incorporated the images of godlike cobra kings, called nagas, which were common in the myths and early history of Asia. All Hindu and Buddhist images were destroyed when the Muslims came to Indonesia and Malaya in the tenth century. The nagas lived on，however，in the ceremonial serpent-shaped knife known as the kris. |
| ISSN | 00209112 |
| 點閱次數 | 157 |
| 建檔日期 | 2000.12.22 |
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