Flying Serpent (other)
Flying serpent may refer to: * Fiery flying serpent, an entity mentioned in the Bible * Flying serpent (asterism), an asterism in a Chinese constellation * ''The Flying Serpent'', a 1946 film directed by Sam Newfield See also * Flying snake * Winged serpent (other) Winged serpent or Winged Serpent may refer to: * Feathered Serpent, a Mesoamerican deity * Lindworm or Wyvern, legendary creatures sometimes depicted as winged serpents * Amphiptere, a type of winged serpent found in European heraldry * ''Winged Se ...

Fiery Flying Serpent
The fiery flying serpent (Hebrew: ''sārāf mə‘ōfēf'') is a creature mentioned in the Book of Isaiah in the Tanakh. The term translated as "fiery serpent", ', appears elsewhere in the Book of Isaiah to signify the seraphim, the singular form of which is also ''saraph''. Biblical accounts Book of Isaiah * Isaiah 6:2: "Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly." * Isaiah 14:29: "Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's roots will come a viper, and its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent." * Isaiah 30:6: "The burden against the beasts of the South. Through a land of trouble and anguish, from which came the lioness and the lion, the viper and the fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who shall not profit. ...
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Flying Serpent (asterism)
Flying Serpent (''Tengshe'' 螣蛇) is an asterism (name for a group of stars) in the constellation "Encampment" (''Shixiu'' 室宿) in the Chinese constellation system. It is named after the mythological serpent, '' tengshe''. The ''Tengshe'' asterism was a group of "22 stars, occurring in the northern artof the "Encampment" () constellation, epresenting; or comprising the figure ofthe Heavenly Snake, chief of the water reptiles", according to the treatise on astronomy in the ''Book of Jin'' (''Jin Shu''). The Tengshe coincides with the lizard constellation Lacerta Lacerta is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin for lizard. A small, faint constellation, it was defined in 1687 by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Its brightest stars form a "W" ..., and the northern parts of Lacerta occupy the center of Tengshe. References Chinese constellations {{China-stub ...
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The Flying Serpent
''The Flying Serpent'' is a 1946 American fantasy- horror film based on a story by John T Neville. It follows the deranged archaeologist, Dr Andrew Forbes, as he uses his discovery of a killer bird god, the mythical Quetzalcoatl, to murder his enemies. The film is directed by Sam Newfield and features George Zucco, Ralph Lewis, Hope Kramer and Eddie Acuff. It was telecast to WCBS in New York on Saturday, February 5, 1949. The film is also known as ''Killer with Wings'' (American recut version). Synopsis The opening sequence features an introductory text in the form of a scroll which reads: Near the little city of San Juan, New Mexico, stand the Aztec ruins. Archeologists tell us they are the remains of a once great temple, abandoned by the Aztecs when they migrated south to the Valley of Mexico, where they founded a rich empire. To defeat the greed of Cortez and his Spanish adventurers who had inaugurated a campaign of loot and murder, the wily Emperor Montezuma hid his fabu ...
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Flying Snake
''Chrysopelea'', more commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake is a genus that belongs to the family Colubridae. Flying snakes are mildly venomous, though the venom is dangerous only to their small prey. Their range is in Southeast Asia (the mainland (Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos), Greater and Lesser Sundas, Maluku, and the Philippines), southernmost China, India, and Sri Lanka.De Rooij, N. (1915).The reptiles of the Indo-Australian archipelago Leiden: E.J. Brill. Accessed 2009-07-14. Gliding ''Chrysopelea'' is also known by its common name "flying snake". It climbs using ridge scales along its belly, pushing against the rough bark of tree trunks, allowing it to move vertically up a tree. Upon reaching the end of a branch, the snake continues moving until its tail dangles from the end of the branch. It then makes a J-shape bend, leans forward to select the level of inclination it wishes to use to control its glide path, as well as selecting a desired landing ...
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