
metal art sculpture dragon lampThe association of the serpent with a monstrous opponent overcome by a heroic deity has its roots within the mythology of the traditional close to East, as well as Canaanite (Hebrew, Ugaritic), Hittite and Mesopotamian.
The Chaoskampf motif entered Greek mythology and ultimately Christian mythology, though the serpent motif might already be a part of prehistoric Indo-European mythology similarly, based mostly on comparative...