Pareia

A mystical serpent-form of Dionysus — one of the shapes (with bull, lion, panther, satyr) through which the god alternately descends toward matter or reveals the solar principle within. Named for the tame, non-venomous temple-snake of the mysteries.

Greek pareias — a sacred, harmless serpent kept in the rites of Dionysus and Asclepius.

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