One of the search terms that was used four times today (presumably by the same person) that led them to my blog was ancient art depicting snake eating a bird. That’s not that odd a thing to put into a search box, but why my blog would pop up beat me. I gave up after 2 seconds’ pondering and tried it myself. The searcher was sent to this entry of mine, and this one, both from two years ago, about our week in Mexico City:
Thoughts on religion, art, books, politics, philosophy, and life in general …. to be eaten by the giant snakes (the counterpart to the giant snake in the … amor, toda para nada” (“House for birds, nest for love, all for nothing”). …. On Monday, we traveled 35 km out of the city to the ancient site of Teotihuacán.
It’s surprising that they clicked on it, considering that it clearly was not what they were looking for, but I guess they were intrigued. I hope they found their ancient art depicting a snake eating a bird somewhere.
Sermons in Stones 
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May 2, 2012 at 8:27 am
Robin Edgar (@RobinEdgar)
I am not aware of any ancient art depicting a snake eating a bird, but a variety of ancient cultures had religious iconography depicting a bird eating a snake.
Here is a modern photograph of the spectacular astronomical phenomenon that inspired this ancient religious iconography.
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May 2, 2012 at 9:30 am
Amy Zucker Morgenstern
And the Mexican flag features an eagle devouring a snake, from a mistranslation of the myth of the founding of Tenochtitlan (Mexico City). But interestingly, that isn’t actually what I’d written about. Just a coincidence.
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