Christian Symbolism And Meaning Snakes

Ever since the dawn of art where pigment was applied to rock walls to this day and most likely for many years ahead, animals have been used for translating a meaning and for symbolism such as storytelling, metaphors, representing religious beliefs and so forth. Some of the oldest of cave drawings are subjected around the largest of animals spotted, with exaggerated sizes of body parts such as small thin legs holding up massive bodies. In later times the exaggeration or misunderstanding of certain features was still common, especially in the medieval era. In the early years, Christianity was a big deal and many Christian artworks that projected an image of animals, both real or fantasy based, were believed to possess a religious symbolism. These were commonly associated with the Old Testament as they referred to demons, saints and other biblical characters. A lot of western art at the time was created around symbolism and

Many people believed that a snake would fast until its skin became loose enough for it to crawl into a narrow crack to shed its old skin, this theory of snakes was created to give a religious moral story. The snake shedding its skin was to remind everyone that we must shed away our old selves by going on a journey to salvation through Jesus Christ. It was also believed that snakes would spit out their venom before drinking water from rivers with the moral that we should all get rid of any corrupted, evil desires before entering church. The supported this by saying that a snake will attack any man who is clothed but will run from those who are naked representing the idea that the devil wont attack any man who has gotten rid of any evil thoughts or actions they may have created. The fear of snakes is still quite a popular fear which may have been derived from the notion that the snake is a representation of the