Slink on outta that old skin, folks; the Year of the Wood Snake is upon us, and with it, the summons to shed the dead and ...

One popular retelling says the race was called by the Jade Emperor – the supreme ruler of ... which is sometimes culturally referred to as the “little Dragon”. Their lucky colours are black, pale ...

In the mythic geography book Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), many gods hold snakes or hang snakes around their ears, or have a snake’s body, as a mark of their extraordinary abilities, ...