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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-10-01 · 20:23 UTC

Found a little snake.

Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:

"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.

Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."

#Snake #Nature #Reptile #Homestead

#snake #nature #reptile #homestead

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-10-01 · 20:23 UTC

Found a little snake.

Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:

"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.

Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."

#Snake #Nature #Reptile #Homestead

#snake #nature #reptile #homestead

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-10-01 · 20:23 UTC

Found a little snake.

Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:

"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.

Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."

#Snake #Nature #Reptile #Homestead

#homestead #reptile #nature #snake

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar @[email protected] · 2026-10-01 · 20:23 UTC

Found a little snake.

Grass snake (Natrix natrix). Luckily I didn't harm it:

"In Baltic mythology, the grass snake is seen as a sacred animal. It was frequently kept as a pet, living under a married couple's bed or in a special place near the hearth. Supposedly, snakes ate food given to them by hand.

Even after the Christianization of Lithuania and Latvia, the grass snake still retained some mythological significance. Despite the serpent's symbolic meaning as a symbol of evil in Christianity, various folk beliefs in Latvia and Lithuania dating even to the late 19th century held that killing grass snakes might bring grave misfortune, or that an injured snake would take revenge on the offender."

#Snake #Nature #Reptile #Homestead

#snake #nature #reptile #homestead