Forth and Nomad

Coiled Serpent Earrings

$198

Description
The anthropologist Lynn Isbell has argued that, as primates, the serpent - as a symbol of death - is built into our unconscious minds because of our evolutionary history. Isbell argues that for millions of years snakes were the only significant predators of primates and that this explains why the fear of snakes is one of the most common phobias worldwide and why the symbol of the serpent is so prevalent...