The Grotto della Sibilla in the Umbrian Mountains which was first mentioned in classical legend. Guerino the Wretch reaches a mountain pass near Norcia in Umbria where he meets with the Devil. The Devil, of course, wants Guerino's soul and tempts him by describing a subterranean kingdom where every delight will be his. Seemingly, in this kingdom, trees flower and fruit at the same time and there is no pain or age or sorrow.House of the Serpents
While everyone went to the Duwamish River and the Fountain of Forgiveness I took the time to wander up the path to look down upon the House of the Serpents and mull over the questions I would ask the Gorgons. As I sat, sketching, more snakes were making their way to the House. Clearly they are coming from far afield and are sssniggering about the fact that visitors have come.
posted by Heather Blakey @ 5:10 AM
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I won't ask how you knew...but your drawing matches with a true legend from the Quileute tribe here in Washington...hmmm, I think your in Duwamish now...or Duwamish is in you...
Anita Marie
The
a¡¯yahos
is a shape-shifter, often appearing as an enormous
serpent, sometimes double-headed with blazing eyes and
horns, or as a composite monster having the forequarters and
head of a deer and the tail of a snake
a¡¯yahos is associated with shaking and rushes of turbid
water and comes simultaneously from land and sea (Smith,
unpublished notes). At the spot where ayahos
came to a person the very earth was torn, land slides occurred and the trees
became twisted and warped. Such spots were recognizable for
years afterward (Smith, 1940).
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