[Grig]

"Well, you got me thinkin'. Where did the doctors staff with the snakes originate?"

From the same Moses and the brass serpent part of the Bible is what I've been told.

A winged serpent was also a representation of God to ancient natives of central and south America and is frequently seen in old ruins.

[blam]

"A winged serpent was also a representation of God to ancient natives of central and south America and is frequently seen in old ruins."

A number of anthropologists think that images of serpents,snakes,dragons and etc, represent comets.