[HPforGrownups] Voldemort and Sauron and Others

[dorothy dankanyin]

No: HPFGUIDX 191475


From: <sigurd at eclipse.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:28 AM
 >
> Also interesting is the constant recurrence of the snake as the symbol for 
> evil.
>
> Otto,
  Although I don't know any of the other characters you mention, I do know 
where the idea of the snake as a symbol of evil comes from:  it's the 
Christian symbol for evil because it was often a symbol of paganism, and it 
was paganism that the church was set up against.
  Think peace,
   Dorothy