All 37 Uses
serpent
in
The Throne of Fire
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- All the artifacts seemed like family mementos: a wand just like Sadie's; a picture of the serpent leopards that had once attacked us; a page from the Book of the Dead showing demons we'd met in person.†
Chpt 1serpent = snake
- On his head was a Frisbee-shaped crown—a sun disk, braided with serpents.†
Chpt 1 *serpents = snakes
- We must divert all our power to keeping down the Serpent.†
Chpt 3serpent = snake
- Horrible faces rose up—a sea dragon with feline eyes, a crocodile with porcupine bristles, a serpent with the head of a mummified man.†
Chpt 5
- The Serpent's prison, Horus said.†
Chpt 5
- The Serpent slowly devours his way out.†
Chpt 5
- Through the thinning layer of dead bugs, a ten-foot-wide red circle stared up at me—a serpent's eye, full of hatred and hunger.†
Chpt 5
- I raised my spear and thrust it into the Serpent's eye.†
Chpt 5
- On the equinox, the bonds will weaken enough for the Serpent to break free at last.†
Chpt 5
- They think our chances would be better with me as their king and general, leading them into battle against the Serpent.†
Chpt 5
- Three serpent heads rose from the center.†
Chpt 5
- The serpent hissed in three-part harmony.†
Chpt 5
- The serpent coiled to strike, crushing dead beetle shells under its body.†
Chpt 5
- I shook off the paralysis and yelled, "Kill it!" just as the serpent opened its mouths, blasting out three columns of flames.†
Chpt 5
- Alyssa gestured with her hand and three stone statues leaped off their pedestals, flying at the serpent.†
Chpt 5
- Right about then, it sucked to be the serpent.†
Chpt 5
- What was left of the serpent's body dissolved into sand.†
Chpt 5
- I thought about the serpent's voice—the same voice as the bau's in the Brooklyn Museum.†
Chpt 5
- You think Apophis was speaking to you through this serpent?†
Chpt 6
- Amos thinks the serpent didn't have much power.†
Chpt 6
- But that wouldn't explain how you did it again with the serpent.†
Chpt 6
- A serpent blade.†
Chpt 9
- The carved-serpent tip flared again.†
Chpt 10
- Yes, I was there when Ra cast the Serpent into that prison of scarabs.†
Chpt 10
- Another serpent.†
Chpt 10
- Ah, but serpents are my specialty, Carter Kane!†
Chpt 10serpents = snakes
- Iskandar's magic had trapped the goddess too in an enchanted sleep, and she tried to protect Zia, calling on the Nile to cover this chamber and shield them both from the Serpent.†
Chpt 14serpent = snake
- The Serpent was targeting you.†
Chpt 14
- He wore a fresh white linen suit and carried a new serpent staff.†
Chpt 14
- The avatar's limbs shrank, the hawk's head slowly changing into the head of a serpent.†
Chpt 17
- Your friend Menshikov is there right now, loosening the Serpent's bonds.†
Chpt 21
- Serpents loomed out of the river.†
Chpt 21serpents = snakes
- "Apophis," Desjardins chanted, "I name you Lord of Chaos, Serpent in the Dark, Fear of the Twelve Houses, the Hated One—"†
Chpt 22serpent = snake
- The beach imploded around him, swallowing the serpent and sucking the red sand into the vortex.†
Chpt 22
- My magic wings faded as I told everyone about our trip through the Duat, Ra's rebirth, Menshikov's betrayal, the rising of Apophis, and Desjardins' sacrifice to banish the Serpent.†
Chpt 23
- The Serpent will not stay down for long, now that he has broken his chains.†
Chpt 23
- You will revive the path of my magic in the House of Life, and we will fight together to destroy the Serpent.†
Chpt 24
Definitions:
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(1)
(serpent) a snake
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For less common senses of "serpent", see a comprehensive dictionary.