Note 122 — Chapter II · TREE AND SERPENT WORSHIP.
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Snake charmers are supposed to have the power of recognizing these serpent treasure guardians, follow them stealthily to their holes, and ask them to point out the deposit. This they will do in consideration of the offering of a drop of blood from the little finger of a first-born son,122 an obvious survival of human sacrifice, which is constantly found connected with the serpent cultus.