A Story of the Planet Venus

Serpent, Reptile or Dragon ?

In the sky, the Comet is often described as a serpent and is depicted as a shape-shifting snake or reptilian form, wriggling through the sky. It has a discernible globe (as a head) usually white or bright coloured. If only parts of the head are seen as "arcs", they are thought of as horns like on a bull. Often there is a fiery snout leading it. Frequently it has multiple appendages that may be called arms, legs, claws and tails that are flailing in all directions.

The attached picture was discovered in the Teymareh rock art site in central Iran (Markazi Province) during a 2017 and 2018 survey of petroglyphs or prehistoric stone engravings. In the published article(1) it was deemed to be a carved image of a mantis type of insect. The author of this Venus Comet story, believes that it represented that Comet.

When seen at a far distance, the object appears as a wiggling, dark-coloured comet shape. Fire is not apparent. When close, it is very fiery with deadly breath, and is capable of destroying Earthly cities and laying countries waste. It has no pity on the peoples of those places. They generally see it as a high and mighty deity, and try to placate its rampages. From its sky descriptions, we get the concept of fire-breathing dragons and serpents of various sorts. Different cultures give it different names, but all fear it.

The author is also aware of similar descriptions found in the tales of China, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, Egypt, Near East, Mexico, South America, and Nordic cultures. The only early description of this object in the North American skies, was found on the Canadian West Coast. Some other East Coast and West Coast stories mentioned coping with the event. Later events are seemingly connected to the Venus Comet - Mars engage-ment of 1184 BCE as well as the  Earth - Mars event of 687 BCE.

When this goddess is depicted in human-like form on Earth, she varies from a young, beautiful, alluring woman to a demonic hag. Very frequently she has long hair, shown as black or reddish, hanging to her waist or even to her feet (the coma). She carries a long stick/spear or multiple weapons in multiple hands. Six, eight and even 10-limbed women with swords, clubs, spears and other offensive weapons are pictured. (See picture above and Indian images in Appendix 2 - Serpent & Dragon Lore).The Hallowe’en “witch on a broom” image appears to be a relatively modern take-off on her, complete with pointed hat and nose, claw-like hands, unkempt hair and a long ragged cloak or dress. Of course she flies through the air on her long-handled broom.

A classic weapon, known only in these contexts, is a double-ended hand spear with three arrow-like branches at each end, known as a Vijra. [See Appendix 2 - Serpent & Dragon Lore, Hittite] This item represented multiple and very deadly thunder bolts that were thrown repeatedly. Lightning bolts destroy people and set fire to houses. Thunder bolts, which major gods generally threw at other gods, were said to destroy cities leaving a "hole in the ground". They were huge energy bolts that jump between the planets that the ancients identified as "gods". They were greatly feared by people.

The author came to recognise that for the early years and their locations, very few male Gods of War are identified in most cultures. Then by 1150 BCE, cultures worldwide, other than Israel and Greece, were rejoicing. Their new God of War, by the name of Mars, Marduk and their equivalents, had saved them from the Goddess of War who had attacked the peoples on Earth. They make that new God of War one of their major deities. They call on him to "help" mortal men fight each other in earthly wars. Both gods fought with other gods. Story-tellers, such as Homer, speaking centuries after these events, some times inserted those gods to “enliven” their stories.

(1) Squatting (squatter) mantis man: A prehistoric praying mantis petroglyph in Iran.  Mahmood Kolnegari, Mohammad Naserifard, Mandana Hazrati, Matan Shelomi, Journal of Orthoptera  2020-03-13