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• Serpent (symbolism) — Serpent is a word of Latin origin (from serpens, serpentis something that creeps, snake ) that is commonly used in a specifically mythic or religious context, signifying a snake that is to be regarded not as a mundane natural phenomenon nor as an …   Wikipedia

• Serpent (Bible) — Adam, Eve, and the (female) Serpent at the entrance to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Medieval Christian art often depicted the Edenic Serpent as a woman, thus both emphasizing the Serpent s seductiveness as well as its relationship to Eve.… …   Wikipedia

• Serpent Lord — is an official term from Games Workshop s The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game used to refer to the unnamed leader of the Haradrim in J. R. R. Tolkien s The Lord of the Rings , so called because of his distinctive banner imagery. A similar… …   Wikipedia

• serpent — [ sɛrpɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1080; lat. serpens, proprt « rampant » 1 ♦ Reptile apode à corps cylindrique très allongé, qui se déplace par des ondulations latérales du corps (⇒ ophidien). Serpents venimeux, non venimeux. « Pas un serpent de nos pays, mais… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Serpent's Reach —   …   Wikipedia

• Serpent — Ser pent, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Serpented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serpenting}.] To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander. [R.] The serpenting of the Thames. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Serpent-tongued — Ser pent tongued , a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a forked tongue, like a serpent. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• like a snake — like a serpent, in a creepy or slithering manner, stealthily …   English contemporary dictionary

• Serpent (instrument) — An illustration of a Serpent. A serpent is a bass wind instrument, descended from the cornett, and a distant ancestor of the tuba, with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind. It is usually a long cone bent into a… …   Wikipedia

• Serpent seed — For the Christian concept of the seed of the serpent see Seed of the Woman A sculpture of Adam, Eve and the Serpent at Notre Dame de Paris. In the sculpture, the serpent is depicted as a half human. The doctrine of Serpent seed, dual seed or two… …   Wikipedia