His assessment was based on a large sample of glossolalia recorded in public and private Christian meetings in Italy, The Netherlands, Jamaica, Canada and the USA over the course of five years ; his wide range included the Puerto Ricans of the Bronx, the Snake Handlers of the Appalachians, and Russian Molokan in Los Angeles.

George Went Hensley preaching in 1947 outside a Hamilton County, Tennessee courthouse in which a snake-handling minister was on trial ( from Taking Up Serpents: Snake Handlers of Eastern Kentucky by David L. Kimbrough )

Snake handling at the Pentecostal Church of God, Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky September 15, 1946 ( National Archives and Records Administration ).

In the Japanese light novel and anime series Shakugan no Shana, Xanadu is the name of the paradise to be created by the God of Creation ( Snake of the Festival ).

In Orthodox apologetics for icons, a similarity is asserted between icons and the manufacture by Moses ( under God's commandment ) of the Bronze Snake, which was, Orthodoxy says, given the grace and power of God to heal those bitten by real snakes.

Snake handlers argue that it is tempting God when one picks and chooses what parts of Scripture to believe and ignore.

Snake handling at the Pentecostal Church of God in the town of Lejunior, Harlan County, Kentucky September 15, 1946

At the end of the Second Season, King Hiss revives Serpos, the Serpent God, who had been transformed into Snake Mountain by the Elders ; Skeletor and his minions were inside the mountain at that time.

An ancient temple dedicated to Snake God Lord Shiva and is situated on Cart Mackenzie Road about 6 km from Mussoorie on the way to Dehradun.

Ned Flanders has the role of God, while the serpent that lures Marge into eating an apple from the forbidden tree resembles Snake Jailbird.

The wound may refer to Genesis 3: 15, where God curses the Snake for his tempting of Eve and causing the Original Sin: " And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers ; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.

An Astrologer was summoned and he detected the holy presence of Kodugalloor Amma. He again got Amma ’ s direction in his dream – to build a Bhagavathy Temple in the nearby Choorakkadu ( bamboo forest ) which was the abode of a Nagarajan ( Snake God ).

# " God Sheds Snake Skin " – 4: 25

They offer puja and milk to the Ant home and pray to Snake God ( Indian Cobra-Lord Subramanya's Incarnation ) for the wellness of their brothers and their families.

The Snake God got angry and knocked her unconscious with his venomous breath.

For unknown reasons, the priest narrated a fake story that the child belonged to a woman, who was a devotee of the Snake God, that had been raped.

`` Soon as we send them on their way and make camp, let's you and me go for a walk down by the Snake -- all by ourselves ''.

" The character Snake says it was written by Abdul Alhazred and was said to be one of the books used in the creation of the Necronomicon.

The four largest that empty directly into the Columbia ( measured either by discharge or by size of watershed ) are the Snake River ( mostly in Idaho ), the Willamette River ( in northwest Oregon ), the Kootenay River ( mostly in British Columbia ), and the Pend Oreille River ( mostly in northern Washington and Idaho, also known as the lower part of the Clark Fork ).

The Snake is by far the largest tributary.

In the case of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, the American versions were released first, followed by the Japanese versions and then the European versions, with each regional release offering new content not found in the previous one.

" Snake " Plissken ( Kurt Russell ) is escorted to the prison on Manhattan Island by armed officers.

Snake finds the President in a railroad car, but he is captured by the Duke's men.

Avco-Embassy Pictures, the film's financial backer, preferred either Charles Bronson or Tommy Lee Jones to play the role of Snake Plissken to Carpenter's choice of Kurt Russell, who was trying to overcome the " lightweight " screen image conveyed by his roles in several Disney comedies.

The gladiatorial fight to the death scene between Snake and Slag ( played by professional wrestler Ox Baker ) was filmed in the Grand Hall at St. Louis Union Station.

" I was intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake ' You flew the Gullfire over Leningrad, didn't you?

Another version is the Collector's Edition, a two-disc set featuring a remastered transfer with a 5. 1 audio track, two commentaries ( one by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell, another by producer Debra Hill and Joe Alves ), a making-of featurette, the first issue of a comic book series titled John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles, and a ten-minute deleted opening sequence.

In canoes, they descended the mountains by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River, past Celilo Falls and past what is now Portland, Oregon at the meeting of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.

Metal Gear D in the Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake cover illustration by Yoshiyuki Takani.

John Carpenter's Escape from New York ( 1981 ) influenced the novel ; Gibson was " intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the Warden says to Snake ' You flew the Gulfire over Leningrad, didn't you?

Other films scored by Sakamoto include Pedro Almodóvar's Tacones lejanos ( High Heels ) ( 1991 ), Bertolucci's The Little Buddha ( 1993 ), Oliver Stone's Wild Palms ( 1993 ), John Maybury's Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon ( 1998 ), Brian De Palma's Snake Eyes ( 1998 ) and Femme Fatale ( 2002 ), Oshima's Gohatto ( 1999 ), and Kiran Rao's Dhobi Ghat ( 2011 ).

In reality, as stated by Steve Snake, creator of NBA Jam, NBA Jam T. E, and Mortal Kombat II, these games were seriously pushing the limits of the console even though they looked like minor enhancements.

The more common theory is that the name originated in the Western regions of the United States, and is derived from a topical preparation made from the Chinese Water Snake ( Enhydris chinensis ) used by Chinese laborers to treat joint pain.

* " Return of the Elokians " includes a call for help, an earthquake, a confrontation with the villain King Snake, whose henchmen include members of HAVOC, and a lost world cavern occupied by a race facing extinction.

Snake venom is produced by glands below the eye ( the mandibular gland ) and delivered to the victim through tubular or channeled fangs.

Because of dams ( and their locks ) on the Snake and Columbia River, Lewiston is reachable by some ocean-going vessels.

These include A Clockwork Orange, The Snake Pit, Quantum Leap ( TV series ), Stargate, Frances, Requiem for a Dream, the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey as well as the movie adaptation, Melrose Place, A Beautiful Mind, The Caretaker, The Best of Youth, House ; The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Shine, The Beverly Hillbillies ( film ), the film version of Girl, Interrupted, Insanitarium, Changeling, Ciao!

The Chancellor Manuscript and The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum fall into this category, as do films such as Awake, Snake Eyes, The Da Vinci Code, Edge of Darkness, Absolute Power, Marathon Man, In the Line of Fire, Capricorn One, and JFK.

Producer Robert Fellows intended on following the film with Spillane's The Snake but it was never made.

Adrian Brown, Tim Sampson, Jonathon Joss, Charles Button, AIRO, Andrew Vasquez, Annie Humphrey, Apache Spirit, Apryl Allen, Arigon Starr, Arvel Bird, Atsiaktonkie, Bear Fox, Becky Thomas, Bill Miller, Billy Whitefox, Black Eagle, Blackfoot Confederacy, Black Lodge Singers, Black Thunder Singers, Blackfire, Bluedog, Bo Taylor, Bryan Akipa, Brule ', Buddy Red Bow, Buddy Big Mountain, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Buggin Malone, Burning Sky, CC Murdock, Carroll Medicine Crow, Casper Loma-da-wa, Cecil Gray & Red Dawn Blues Band, Charly Lowry, Chase Monchamp, Chase Manhattan, Chief Jim Billie, Cherokee National Children's Choir, Cheryl Bear, Clan / destine, Cody Blackbird, Cozad, Crystal Gayle, Dago Braves, Dark Water Rising, Delphine Tsinajinnie, Derek Miller, Digging Roots, Don Amero, Douglas Blue Feather, Dylan Jenet Collins, Eagle & Hawk, Edmund Bull, Eli Secody, Evren Ozan, Evren Ozan, Eyabay, Fara Palmer, Felipe Rose, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Frank Waln, Nake Nula Waun, Fredrick Whiteface, Gabriel Ayala, Gary Small, Gathering of Nations, Gilbert Begaye Sr, Golana, Graywolf Blues Band, Hank Williams, Harvey Arden, Indigenous, Indigo Girls, Injunity, Jeff Carpenter, Brad Clonch, JJ Kent, Jack Gladstone, Jana, Janelle Turtle, Janice Marie Johnson, Jan Michael Looking Wolf, Jay Begaye, Jay Nez, Jennifer Kreisberg, Jerry Alfred, Jim Boyd, Jim Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Lee Young, Jimmy Wolf, Joanne Shenandoah, John Trudell, Joseph FireCrow, Joseph M Marshall III, Josh Halverson, Joy Harjo, Judy Trejo, Kansas Begaye, Keith Bear, Keith Secola, Kelly Parker, Ken Quiet Hawk, Kevin Locke, Kevin Yazzie, Kitty Wells, Koljademo, Lakota Thunder, Laughing Woman & Eagle Wings, Lil Dre, Link Wray, Litefoot, Luis Capcha Vilchez, Marc Brown & The Blues Crew, Marlena Begaye, Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Mary Youngblood, Martha Redbone, Medicine Dream, Micki Free, Michael Bucher, Michael Jacobs, Michael Searching Bear, Midnite Express, Nake Nula Waun, Nakai, Eaton, Cilpman, Native Roots, Native Thunder, Neville Brothers, Nicole, NightShield, Nokie Edwards, Northern Cree, October Soul, Oshkii Giizhik Singers, Pamyua, Pima Express, Pipestone, PM Begay, Primeax & Mike, Pura Fe ', Qua ti Si, Radmilla Cody, RainSong, R. Carlos Nakai, R. Carlos Nakai Quartet, Randy McGinnis, Randy Wood, Red Bull, Red Earth, Red Feather Woman, Red Hawk, Rezawrecktion, Rezhogs, Rhonda Head, Rita Coolidge, Robbie Robertson, Robert Mirabal, Robert Tree Cody, Robert Tree, Tony Redhouse, Rubin Romero, Rollin Fox, Sacred Harmonies, Samantha Crain, Sayani, Segweh, Shadowyze, Shane Yellowbird, Sharon Burch, Shelley Morningsong, Silverbird, Skylar Wolf, Stan Summers, Stephen Butler, Stevie Salas, Stuart Snake & Paul Never Misses A Shot, The Blessed Blend, The Boyz, The Crow Girls, The Story Tellers, Thunderbird Sisters, Thunder Hawk Singers, Tiger Tiger, Tinesha Begaye, Tom Bee, Tommy Allsup, Tommy Wildcat, Tony Redhouse, Tracy Bone, Travis Harden, Tribal Live, Twice As Good, Victoria Blackie, Vince Fontaine, Yarina, Yolanda Martinez, Yvonne St Germaine, Wade Fernandez, Walela, Warfield Moose Jr, Wayquay, Will & Lil Jess, Wind Spirit Drum, Wolfsheart & Big City Indians, Bruce Cockburn, Ed Stasium, Jeff Ball, Jackson Browne, John Densmore, Michael Brant DeMaria, Neil Young, Raymond Boley, Scott August, Stefan Gelfas, Tom Wassinger,

File: Short-Toed Snake Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus ) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2267. jpg | In Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India

File: Short-Toed Snake Eagle ( Circaetus gallicus ) in Kawal WS, AP W IMG 2265. jpg | In Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, India

** Upper Basin Garter Snake, Thamnophis elegans vascotanneri W. Tanner & Lowe, 1989

** Chihuahuan Blackbelly Garter Snake, Thamnophis melanogaster chihuahuanensis W. Tanner, 1959

** Lined Blackbelly Garter Snake, Thamnophis melanogaster linearis H. M. Smith, Nixon & P. W.

** Mexican Blackbelly Garter Snake, Thamnophis melanogaster melanogaster ( W. Peters, 1864 )