Hells, heavens and afterworlds: a traveller’s guide
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What Kind of Images Do You See in Different Religions?
The fear of snakes and scorpions, even if it's an animal that is benevolent. Anything that slithers or crawls or bears its teeth triggers some primal instinct in us to run away and hide. So you can trace these bestial elements all the way back to, say, the egyptian gods. And then we have defi breathing cockereland, which was a particularly a strong image.
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