The caption for this illustration reads: The snake entwined itself swiftly round his arm. The tale tells of a shepherd who saw a snake surrounded by a raging fire. He put out his arm, the sname wound himself around it, as seen here, and escaped. The two then visited the snake's father, the king of serpents, who gave the shepherd the gift of understanding animal language as a reward. The shepherd used it to his advantage. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.
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The caption for this illustration reads: The snake entwined itself swiftly round his arm. The tale tells of a shepherd who saw a snake surrounded by a raging fire. He put out his arm, the sname wound himself around it, as seen here, and escaped. The two then visited the snake's father, the king of serpents, who gave the shepherd the gift of understanding animal language as a reward. The shepherd used it to his advantage. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.

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gift animal language shepherd snake tale Serbia king man Serbian myth mythology tale legend folktale

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