From rain-bringer to wealth-giver: Changing forms of the snake in southern African belief systems

In this article, I explore the spiritual and supernatural aspects of the snake and the ways in which this being has long been associated with various spiritual presences and forces in certain South African belief systems. For instance, Archibald Campbell Jordan’s The Wrath of the Ancestors and some...

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Published in:	Tydskrif vir letterkunde Vol. 62; no. 3
Main Author:	Felicity Wood
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 01.12.2025
Subjects:	Eastern Cape ecocriticism mamlambo oral accounts snakes ukuthwala
ISSN:	0041-476X, 2309-9070
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