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The image of snakes in the Bible The original of the western countries With the development of Christian, snake becomes the embodiment of evil and lure. Look at the characteristic of the snack in the old testament, he is foxy and evil to encourage Adam and Eve eating forbidden fruit secretly. In the Greek mythology, Typhoeus is a monster rounded by snakes who fights against Zeus. The terrible female hobgoblins ‘ hair is hundreds of snakes . The three features of the snakes in the Bible Rebelliousness Temptation Instrumentality Rebelliousness is the dominate feature of the snakes, which helped the human ancestor moving a great step forward. Their temptation, including sexual temptation and wisdom temptation, caused the sufferings of Adam and Eve, on the other hand, however, started both the physical and mental development of human beings. Instrumentality: Although the snakes were possessed by the devil-the opponent of God, they turned to be the tool of God at the same time , which was used to test, punish and cure human beings. The complexity of the Bible Take snakes for example: In the old testament, snakes was seen as devil and awful character. But in the Matthew, Jesus said to his disciple” Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be therefore prudent as serpents and guileless as doves.” Snakes are angle as well as devil. Because the Jews exiles to all over the world and absorbs other cultures influencing the Jewry. So the Bible will be complex in many aspects. /blog/post Temptation and Fall The Hydra in the Greek Mythology The pictures of Bible Adam is lured by snake. She might represent the snake. The picture of Orpheus and Eurydice in Greek Mythology We can see that Eurydice was bitten by snake because Eurydice careless stepped snake that were taking a rest. Orpheus was urgent. In this story, snake could be regard as bad image, it destroyed the love of Orpheus and Eurydice . The snakes’ influence Ac