The Great Horned Serpent- Comparing a New England Site to a Ohio Site
Tim MacSweeney enhanced one of my pictures I posted up using "Paint" application. (His blog is http://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/). He basically enhanced the remains of a Serpent Wall to look like a Great Horned Serpent, a highly revered Algonquin deity. Thank you for your enhancement, Tim. Spot on. However, this serpent wall is just part of a larger sight. After noting Tim's enhancement to the picture of the Serpent wall, I began seeing a similarity between this New England Stoneworks site and the well-known Serpent Mound Earthworks site of Ohio. Let us take a look at some pictures to see what I mean:
The first picture here, to grab your attention, is the enhanced photo of the Serpent Wall Tim MacSweeney enhanced using Paint application. Tim went with a Great Horned Serpent motiff:
In contrast, here is the original pic of the Serpent Wall I took, the "ruin" that can be seen today:
Just yards away, facing the head of the Serpent is this egg-shaped stone wedged between two boulders:
Another egg-shaped stone perched on the Native stone-wall (folks, this pre-colonial stone wall is just as rich as say, a pre-colonial Incan stone-wall):
A circular petro-form underneath the propped boulder (which was one of the boulders the egg-shaped stone was wedged between.):
Now, let us look at this picture of the well-known Serpent Mound Earth-work located in Ohio. Notice the exact same symbolism- the serpent with an egg-shaped circle by the serpent's head. The serpent's tail also makes a circular spiral:
Back to Massachsetts. A hill-top cairn nearby (and lining up with) the Serpent Wall and the other associated stone-works:
This just goes to show how important the NorthEastern StoneWorks are- they contend with and hold as much weight and value as other indigenous works throughout the western hemisphere.
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