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Definition of Snake god
1. Noun. A god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snake God
Literary usage of Snake god
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"The third form of Quetzalcoatl, which also belongs to the south, is the snake;
he is a snake-god, or, at least, merged into an ancient snake-god. ..."
2. ... The Native Races: Of the Pacific States by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"The third form of Quetzalcoatl, which also belongs to the south, is the snake;
he is a snake-god, or at least, merged into an ancient snake-god. ..."
3. Primitive Traditional History: The Primitive History and Chronology of India by James Francis Katherinus Hewitt (1907)
"But this snake-god of the ritual of the pig-sacrificers was not the original
parent-snake-god of Greece, the guardian god of the mother-tree ; he was the ..."
4. The Dragon, Image, and Demon: Or, The Three Religions of China by Hampden C. DuBose (1886)
"God of Snakes—The image of the snake-god has sometimes a man's head and a snake's
body. If a snake is found on the premises the tenant immediately repairs ..."
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