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Re: ethnoherpetology

PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:44 pm
by Michal Szkudlarek

Re: ethnoherpetology

PostPosted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:32 pm
by Michal Szkudlarek
In honor of Asclepius, a particular type of non-venomous snake was often used in healing rituals, and these snakes – the Aesculapian snakes – crawled around freely on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. These snakes were introduced at the founding of each new temple of Asclepius throughout the classical world. From about 300 BCE onwards, the cult of Asclepius grew very popular and pilgrims flocked to his healing temples (Asclepieia) to be cured of their ills. Ritual purification would be followed by offerings or sacrifices to the god (according to means), and the supplicant would then spend the night in the holiest part of the sanctuary – the abaton (or adyton). Any dreams or visions would be reported to a priest who would prescribe the appropriate therapy by a process of interpretation.[4] Some healing temples also used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of sick petitioners.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius

Re: ethnoherpetology

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2018 8:53 am
by Michal Szkudlarek