Amrta integrates cultural ritual, ecological consciousness, and technological innovation. Rooted in mythological symbolism and environmental data, the installation invites the viewers to engage with ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

But the snake in Chinese culture is not just a divine or benevolent figure. It also represents duality–wisdom and danger, good and evil. This dual nature is reflected in numerous Chinese legends, ...

Myra Brodsky is a Munich tattoo artist who isn't just inking skin; she's crafting miniature surreal landscapes onto he ...

One summer’s day in 1936, a crowd piled into a Mayfair gallery to hear Salvador Dalí give a lecture at the International ...

Snakes weren’t always “little dragons.” In early Chinese cultures, they were powerful symbols of vitality and strength in ...

A 28-foot snake coils up through the atrium for "Le La Serpent," a monumental project evoking the creation myth of Adam, Eve, ...

From the colossal Titanoboa in ancient Colombia to the transitional form Eophis in England and the dinosaur-hunting Sanajeh in India, these ancient snakes showcase incredible evolutionary ...

Linda insists she's more like Bai Suzhen, a female snake spirit who in Chinese mythology risked everything to steal an immortal herb that could save her ailing husband. The comparison is apt.

Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have long either been revered as divine messengers or feared as harbingers of doom. In ancient Egypt, a rearing ...

As we enter the Year of the Snake, we take the opportunity to revisit the starring roles of this mystic animal in art. Snake is the ... famous chapter from Greek mythology continues to be the ...

Both revered and feared Slithering into the heart of mythology, religion and folklore worldwide, snakes have long either been revered as divine messengers or feared as harbingers of doom.