Shades of the Rainbow Serpent? A KhoeSan Animal between Myth and Landscape in Southern Africa—Ethnographic Contextualisations of Rock Art Representations

The snake is a potent entity in many cultures across the world, and is a noticeable global theme in rock art and inscribed landscapes. We mobilise our long-term ethnographic research with southern African KhoeSan peoples to situate and interpret the presence of snake motifs in the region’s rock art....

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Main Authors: Sian Sullivan, Chris Low
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-06-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/3/2/215

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