Performed by Eric Idle of Monty Python - snake/serpent/spirit
Erwin Rohde wrote that the Python was an earth spirit, who was conquered by Apollo, and buried under the Omphalos, and that it is a case of one god setting up his temple on the grave of another.
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Performed by Eric Idle of Monty Python - snake/serpent/spirit
ReplyDeleteErwin Rohde wrote that the Python was an earth spirit, who was conquered by Apollo, and buried under the Omphalos, and that it is a case of one god setting up his temple on the grave of another.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(mythology)