South America Snake worship

the raimondi stela chavín culture, ancash, peru depicts fanged , clawed figure snakes hair.

serpents figure prominently in art of pre-incan chavín culture, can seen @ type-site of chavín de huántar in peru. in chile mapuche mythology featured serpent figure in stories deluge. lake guatavita in colombia maintains cacique legend of serpent god living in waters, tribe worshipped placing gold , silver jewelry lake.