Great Serpents can be Protective Spirits, Guardian Snakes having control over weather and water – and against the fires caused by lightning shot from the eyes of the Thunder Beings (Thunder Birds) as well as the controlled burning Indigenous Peoples used to maintain Balance and create Abundance. I refer to the sideways looking gateway Serpents I observe in the field as Uktena, recalling the Cherokee stories about “the Strong Looker,” as the name translates to, a Spirit who sees your thoughts and knows your intentions as you enter a certain space.
In some Indigenous stories, a tobacco offering pleases the Great Horned Guardians...
2021edit:
This "backbone" row of stones, this snake effigy, shown in red below,
could be said to emerge from a cliff face,
a "door" to the Underworld home of the Great Serpents:
The cliff face spot where I've watched the Winter Solstice sun set,
a little warm spot with a snow free place to sit:
Western terminus of the row of stones/effigy:
Just below that, a Serpent Gateway
where three rows of stones meet:
Serpent heads at some of the "points" of the ten foot segments of zigzag stones:
The (enhanced) white dot above is the grinning, shape shifting serpent's head, in an aerial photo from 1934. The linear segment behind (north) of the head becomes a zigzag row of stacked stones, "regular and even" ten foot segments...
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