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| The Queen of Snakes from The Olive Fairy Tale Book by Andrew Lang, 1907 Illustration by Henry Justice Ford |
The Chinese New Year begins on February 10 and ends on February 24 and 2013 is the Year of the Snake.
“Ancient Chinese wisdom says a Snake in the house is a good omen because it means your family will not starve. This could be taken metaphorically to mean that a Snake could never have a problem with his family starving because he is such a great mediator, making him good at business. Or it could mean that a Snake would be willing to sacrifice his possessions, something the Snake has a lot of, in order to pay for his family’s food.
Any way it is interpreted is representative of the Snake’s character and is a measure of the value he puts on his material wealth. The Snake is keen and cunning, quite intelligent and wise.”
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SSSSSSSSTORIES
The Ape, the Snake and the Lion - Africa
https://www.worldoftales.com/African_folktales/African_Folktale_44.html#gsc.tab=0
The Baby Mouse and the Snake – Africa
https://anikefoundation.org/african-folktales/the-baby-mouse-and-the-baby-snake
The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful
Lily by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
https://rsarchive.org/Books/GA022/English/APC1925/GA022_c04.html
http://tinyurl.com/dxcw5n8
http://tinyurl.com/c7nkznm
The Legend of the
White Snake - China
https://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/chtales/story010.html
The Physician’s Son and the King of the
Snakes -Tanzania
https://www.worldoftales.com/African_folktales/African_Folktale_48.html#gsc.tab=0
Rabbit Plays Tug-O-War – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/btxxdzm
The Rainbow Serpent - Australia
The Snake, the Farmer, and the Heron – Nigeria
https://wordandsorcery.com/the-snake-the-farmer-and-the-heron-fable/
The Snake with the Big Feet – Native American
The Snake with Five Heads – Native American
https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=mcpherson&book=native&story=five
The Snake-Prince
Sleepy-Head – Persia
https://chestofbooks.com/fairy-tale/Persian/VI-The-Story-Of-The-Snake-Prince-Sleepy-Head.html
http://tinyurl.com/dxzc3xf
The Three Snake Leaves - Grimm
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/013.txt
http://tinyurl.com/dyqy9fs
The White Snake – Germany/Grimm
http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-36.html
Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together - Africa
http://tinyurl.com/d9hzpnk
Why Mongoose Kills Snakes - Africa
http://tinyurl.com/bolyrnz
Picture books
about snakes - Tales From the Children's Library
https://talesfromthechildrenslibrary.wordpress.com/2021/11/28/picture-books-about-snakes/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/
A Snake Study Unit
for Elementary Age Children
https://wearethehawleys.com/a-snake-unit-study-for-elementary-aged-children/
Mama’s Happy Hive –
Montessori Inspired Snake Unit
https://www.mamashappyhive.com/montessori-inspired-snake-unit/
Science Trek –
Lots of resources for educators.
https://sciencetrek.org/topics/snakes/resources
http://intersectingart.umn.edu/?lesson/22
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