Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Wisdom is better than ignorance, but perhaps not always. How far should a person go to become a wise man or woman? There are times when we wish we never experienced certain events because the price we paid for gaining wisdom was much too high.
Shahmaran was the Queen of the Serpents. Credit: Adobe Stock – T Studio
The legend of Shahmaran is a beautiful, but sad story about a man who gained remarkable wisdom, but not through any good means. Although he spent the rest of his life as a famous and respected wise man, his heart was always filled with sorrow. No matter how much he tried, he could never forget about the wonderful, intelligent creature he had met and lost.
Shahmaran’s legend is not only a tale about wisdom, love, greed, and loss, but it also reveals why the snakes became mortal enemies of humans.
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