tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post1175372212710426067..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: St. Patrick and The Cosmic SerpentTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-36994112997865221212012-03-18T18:37:35.018-05:002012-03-18T18:37:35.018-05:00James ~~~ I'm not aware of one (but that doesn...James ~~~ I'm not aware of one (but that doesn't say a lot!)<br />If there is, it too could possibly be a metaphor: <br />snakes = pagans/Druids ?Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39114650125509214892012-03-18T17:57:27.862-05:002012-03-18T17:57:27.862-05:00Was there not some legend about how to spot snakes...Was there not some legend about how to spot snakes in Ireland?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-55253337454431475352012-03-18T08:27:57.050-05:002012-03-18T08:27:57.050-05:00Cherry Pie ~~ Yes -I suspect that metaphors abound...Cherry Pie ~~ Yes -I suspect that metaphors abound in religious doctrine, and elsewhere, in stories from the distant past. More than some of us would care to imagine, probably.<br />:-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-7546535933581759322012-03-18T08:26:05.920-05:002012-03-18T08:26:05.920-05:00Anonymous/Gian Paul ~~
EEWWW - snakes feeding on ...Anonymous/Gian Paul ~~ <br />EEWWW - snakes feeding on birds? That sounds gross!<br /><br />What if St. Patrick hadn't visited Ireland? The Druids would have survived. The Romans didn't ever go there, so it'd be an even more interesting land now. ;-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-22926703761740312302012-03-17T19:58:13.778-05:002012-03-17T19:58:13.778-05:00Thank you for the link back :-)
I had not heard a...Thank you for the link back :-)<br /><br />I had not heard about St Patrick and the snakes before today - when several Bloggers mentioned it...<br /><br />I too feel that the snakes are not real and are a metaphor.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-28397199326503821602012-03-17T10:16:18.549-05:002012-03-17T10:16:18.549-05:00GP: I once received a green tie. Did not overly li...GP: I once received a green tie. Did not overly like it, think I put it on only 2/3 times. But, by "accident" (???), it once happened on a 17th of March. I would not have realised the connection, had not an Irish/American<br />collegue pointed it out to me.<br /><br />We have green snakes around here, living mostly in trees, feeding on birds - but they can grow to more then 2 meters of lenght. And contrary to what some locals say they are very poisonous. Only difference, their conduits are not in front, but in the back of their mouth. And who would put his finger into their throat? So, in practice they are not poisonous, for humans at least. St. Patrick may have been misinformed there...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com