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Fossil records show that snakes have never existed in Ireland. The "banishment" of snakes is symbolic of St. Patrick driving the pagan Druid gods out of Ireland by converting the residents of the island to Christianity.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAnd it is just a legend as scientist can find no evidence that snakes ever lived in that country. The snakes are just symbolic for the Druid pagan gods that Patrick drove out by converting the country to Christianity.
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∙ 13y agoThe legend of St. Patrick and the snakes is just that - a legend. Paleontologists have found no fossil record, going back to the Ice Age, that snakes ever existed in Ireland. The term snake probably refers to the ancient Druid gods, the paganism Patrick drove out of Ireland.
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∙ 6y agoAccording to tradition, St. Patrick drove all of the snakes out of Ireland, but the snakes were just a metaphor for the conversion of the druids to Christianity.
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∙ 6y agoZero. The snake story is a legend. Ireland has never had snakes.
The "snakes" in St. Patrick's story were actually the druids he converted to Christianity.
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