The foamy wavelets curled up to her white feet, and coiled like serpents about her ankles.
The figure with the serpent-turban is prominent in those scenes to the left of center.
These idols wore thick gold serpents, and for necklaces some ten or twelve human hear ts made of gold.
In cer tain examples, the serpents differ iconographically.
The chants include improvised organ interludes, and a serpent is used both to accompany the singers and to ornament the chant.
One is a mythological bird with the head of a feathered serpent in the wing.
When the sailor is rescued, the serpent presents him with many gifts to take back with him.
The movement withers into silence, having 'eaten itself ' like the mythical serpent.