| 单词 | rainbow serpent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrainbow serpent rainbow serpent n. (in Australian Aboriginal mythology) a large snake associated with water. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous) siren1340 dipsas1382 haemorrhoida1398 prestera1398 bloodworm1587 viper1602 dryine1605 dipsad1608 lindworm1814 lingworm1870 rainbow serpent1926 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) > mythological cockatricea1382 henatrice1840 rainbow serpent1926 1926 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 56 19 There is found in widely separated parts of Australia a belief in a huge serpent which lives in certain pools or water-holes. This serpent is associated, and sometimes identified, with the rainbow... Hence the rainbow-serpent may come to occupy an important place in the beliefs and customs relating to medicine-men and the practice of magic. 1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes i. 19 The most spectacular snakes in Australian aboriginal art are the mythical rainbow serpents. These usually live deep in waterholes during the dry season, but take to the thunder clouds when the rains come, sometimes appearing in the sky as rainbows. 1977 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Jan. 65/1 At the foot of the monolith is an extensive Aboriginal art gallery including an ochre rock painting of the sacred rainbow serpent. 2005 Global Aug. 25/1 Images such as the rainbow serpent, Namarrgon the lightning man, and the Mimi spirits, who taught the people to paint, adorn the walls. < as lemmas |
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