were there never any snakes indigenous to the area to begin with?
2007-03-17 02:29:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This is what wikipedia had to say about St Patrick:
Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, though post-glacial Ireland never actually had snakes;[36] one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place, as shown for instance on coins minted in Gaul (see Carnutes), or that it could have referred to beliefs such as Pelagianism, symbolized as “serpents”. Legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God' (as opposed to the Arian belief that was popular in Patrick's time). Whether or not these legends are true, the very fact that there are so many legends about Patrick shows how important his ministry was to Ireland.
2007-03-17 03:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by The Mad Shillelagh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who knows
2007-03-17 09:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by CLARABELLE 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
beats me, I'm American Indian.
2007-03-17 09:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋