“Arts of Ancient Vietnam,” at the Asia Society Museum, is filled with the kind of Asian art loans — matchless in quality, straight from the source — that we rarely see here anymore.

In fact, snakes are worshipped by the Vietnamese people not only as the Gods of Water but also their ancestors. The Vietnamese people are so proud of their legend “Descendants of the Dragon and the ...

Serpent of the sea: A wooden statue of Chiwen, a marine animal described as having a bending, winding tail. Whenever Chiwen's tail beats the waves, it starts to rain. Ancient people believed that ...

Archaeology & History A New Find Decodes Ancient Serpent-Slaying Imagery. Scholars say it is the ‘missing link’ between various mythologies.