Laughing Dolphins

   Personally, I wouldn’t call myself a friend of snakes. But I know that in many cultures the snake is revered as a sacred animal. Most people try to stay as far away from them as possible: they are poisonous and bite and some ancient shiver beats the relationship between man and snakes. We inherently think of snakes as bad and are basically afraid of them from some ancient instinct. However we also know that they are fascinating creatures. We are able to watch their movement in amazement, how they react for different objects. But would you keep a snake at home? I certainly don’t.        For my part, I am fortunate not to have mingled more closely with them so far. As I mentioned, many cultures view them as sacred animals, and so did the ancient Greeks. We know of many Minoan finds where young girls hold a huge snake over their heads without the slightest sign of fear. These findings roughly come from 1600BC. These figurines and statuettes come mainly from the house shrines (think o