Walls and ceiling are covered with psychedelic pre-Hispanic imagery: maguey plants, Aztec gods and goddesses, plumed serpents and skull racks.

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Sea-serpents still get no respect at all, but that will have to be a fight for another day.

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Greg Nannup, owner of Indigenous Tours WA, was embarking on a swirling, multi-strand tale of whale beachings, child spirits and rainbow serpents.

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It is also against the law to sell caps, cracker snaps, novelty matches, party poppers, serpents and throw-downs to anyone who is under 16.

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The serpents in this tale of lost innocence are social scientists.

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There are more furies screaming, Hesperides feeding serpents, a phoenix, a centaur, Adam and Eve, Hercules, two androgynous figures slaying a dragon, Mars carrying off Venus attended by Cupid.

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Mr. Hamblin won't allow anyone under 18 to touch the reptiles, but he guesses that there are at least 14 people under 30 who are handling serpents in his church.

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When God finally gets tired of waiting it out and decides to end things, the back-and-forth between dragons and serpents and sea monsters and Jesus is less like a scouring of the stables than like a Giants-Patriots Super Bowl.

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Perhaps it was a hint at the next game, a hint that we will learn more about the Dark Soul and about its corruption of Humanity and Manus and the role of the serpents in bringing about the Age of Dark.

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