Serpent Gods: The Legend of Nāga

About this episode

The episode explores the historical worship of snakes and reptilian-human hybrids across various ancient cultures.

In an increasingly secular world, people often look back on the past with a mixture of amusement and disdain: "Why," they ask, "would our ancestors really believe in fanciful things like demons, Gods, spirits and angels?" Yet in tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel discover one strange trend that calls these assumptions into question: Why did so many ancient cultures across the world worship snakes, or reptilian-human hybrids? Is there a grain of fact to the legends of Snake Gods? What exactly is a Nāga? They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben, Matt, Noel

Topics covered

• ancient cultures
• snake worship
• mythology
• reptilian hybrids
• spiritual beliefs

Keywords

• Nāga
• snake gods
• mythology
• ancient beliefs
• reptilian hybrids
• spirituality
• cultural history

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Nāga

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