Snakes. They just don’t get a break. Adam and Eve. Cleopatra’s asp. Those ones on a plane. Even our very first story ever, Gilgamesh, has a snake screwing things up at the end.

And here we are about to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, and of course, one of his biggest claims to fame is how he drove those poor snakes out of Ireland entire.

Well, we’re here to speak for the snakes! (albeit not in parceltongue). Where would myth and fantasy be without them?

So, who are some of your favorite snakes and serpents appearing in fantasy, science fiction, or horror stories and films? Or, if you want to go more classical, myth and legend?

One random commenter will choose a book from our ssssstacksssss.