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September 2009 
Origin of snakes - A Hindu mythology
Posted on Jun 27th, 2009
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Eli
Eli
According to Varaha Purana, Lord Brahma’s son Kashyapa had four wives. Kashyapa’s first wife gave birth to Devas, second to Garudas, third to Nagas (snakes) and fourth to Daityas (demons). The third wife was called Kadroo, so Nagas are also known as Kadrooja.
Kadru was mother of one thousand Nagas. Some prominent names being Sesha,Vasuki, Takshaka, Anant, Kanwal, Karkotak, Kalia, Aswatar, Padma, Mahapadma, Shankh, Kulik, Pingal etc.
When all these snakes started tormenting human-beings,lord Brahma cursed them that they would be annihilated due to the curse of their own mother, but that is another story.
The snakes got terrified and promised to mend their ways.They then requested lord Brahma to give them a place to live in.Lord Brahma instructed them to go to three different netherworlds-Sutal,Vital and Patal. He also warned them that during Vaivaswat manvantar Janmejay would perform a grand yagya with the objective of destroying the wicked snakes but the virtuous among them would manage to survive.
It was Shraavan Shuddh Panchami ( The fifth day of the Bright half of the Hindu month Shravan-July-August). On that day the entire snake family got a new lease of life (( read my blog How the snakes were saved - A Hindu mythology). This day is considered a sacred day by Hindus. The festival Nag Panchami is celebrated on this day. The five Nāgas worshipped on Nag Panchami are Ananta, Vāsuki, Taxak, Karkotaka and Pingala.
Note: Please note that there are also several other legends associated with Nag Panchami.
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thank you for sharing, Eli. That is a wonderful picture!
Thank you Anna
Is there a deeper symbolism here, that we can learn, Eli?
Eli, that is a beautiful snake, and I don't even like 'em.
I, being myself, dug a little deeper and found the hole to be without bottom.
Shesha, from another source.
I love this stuff.
:-)
Back to learn from you, my wise friend!
Meenakshi, I get your hint :) … Yes, We can discuss the deeper symbolism in the
Lars, your usual self is brilliantly shining. Perhaps there would be some posts in the Parabels room of One Light Many Windows related to Shesha, Kalia, and other famous mythological Nags
Oh Claudia, we share much in common. I am looking forward to your posts from WICCAN wisdom
I tried your link but was unable to find the symbolism room or famous mythological Nagas. Some times they may have been human but tagged or nicknamed as Nagas with some purpose. Sesha is considered as the Patanjali of yoga sutras. Vasuki helped to obtain Nectar from the milk sea. Dhakshaka was a prajapathi and related to Brahma. He became the father in law of Lord Siva by giving his daughter as Siva's wife. He held his Yajna on the delta of ganges. He had a great empire. During his time Ganges river had a different river bed and later changed. His capital city was titled after him Dhaksha sila later changed to Taxila. Punjb is treated to be his area.
Sanmugan, right now the symbolism is a discussion thread Symbols of All Religions in the Forum of OLMW group. We are still planning to convert it to a room.