Why does it always have to be snakes?

This line is spoken by Indiana Jones in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
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What did snakes have to be?

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford): "Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?"
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Why is Indy afraid of snakes?

Indiana Jones suffered from a fear of snakes brought on from when he fell into a crate of them aboard the Dunn and Duffy Circus Train in 1912 while trying to evade Fedora, from whom Indy had taken the Cross of Coronado. Indiana Jones in front of a cobra in 1936.
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What did Indiana Jones say?

“Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.”
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Does Indiana Jones hate snakes?

Indiana Jones was one known victim of ophidiophobia. Although he had disliked snakes since at least 1908, it was a traumatic encounter on a circus train in 1912 that triggered Jones's ophidiophobia. Unfortunately for him, his adult lifestyle took him into contact with snakes on a regular basis.
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Is Harrison Ford actually afraid of snakes?

Harrison Ford, unlike Indiana Jones, is not afraid of snakes (or rats or bugs).
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What is the fear of snakes called?

Ophidiophobia is an extreme, overwhelming fear of snakes. The condition is called a specific phobia (fear), which is a type of anxiety disorder. Ophidiophobia may be associated with herpetophobia, which is fear of all reptiles. Many people are somewhat fearful of snakes.
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What does Indiana Jones say to Mola Ram on the bridge?

"Kali maa, shakti de!" "Mother Kali, give (me) power!"
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What is my Charlemagne?

I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne. 'Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky'. Henry Jones, Sr. Charlemagne (meaning Charles the Great) was an eighth-century king of the Franks, who unified much of western and central Europe, and forced its conversion to Christianity.
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What Indiana Jones movie has snakes?

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade showed us the origin of Indy's snake phobia when we see that he fell into a crate of snakes in a circus train. Finally, a large rat snake came to an unnerved Indy's rescue in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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What do snakes symbolize?

Fertility and rebirth

Historically, serpents and snakes represent fertility or a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin through sloughing, they are symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. The ouroboros is a symbol of eternity and continual renewal of life.
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Did they use real snakes in Raiders of the Lost Ark?

The only venomous snakes were the cobras, but one crew member was bitten on-set by a python. Although the Nazis speak German in many scenes, most of the lines were dubbed for the German versions of the film, because the actors spoke very bad German, with a very strong American accent.
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What dies Indiana Jones hate?

Indiana Jones never says why he hates snakes, but there's a traumatic event from the hero's childhood that explains the source of his acute fear. “I hate snakes, Jock. I hate 'em!”— Indiana Jones expresses his feeling on the matter right off the bat with this memorable line from his debut in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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What does the snake symbolize in America?

Revolutionary Americans adopted native snakes as symbols for their cause, starting with a revival of Benjamin Franklin's famous “JOIN, or DIE” emblem. In the 1770s serpents slithered across newspaper mastheads. Rattlesnakes coiled on drums and reared on flags.
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What does the snake symbolize in American culture?

The elders believed the snake was a symbol of life and rebirth. As a result, snakes made their appearance in many sand paintings and healing ceremonies. Furthermore, they believed that the snake was linked to secrets, fertility, rain, and healing.
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What is snake US history?

Ever since Eve's transgression in the Garden of Eden, snakes in Christian tradition have been associated with lies, evil and temptation. But in other cultures, as far-flung as ancient Greece and Egypt and indigenous North America, snakes symbolize fertility, rebirth, renewal and even immortality.
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Who said let my armies Rock trees?

"I suddenly remembered my Charlemagne," he explains. "Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky." It's a terrific moment and a wonderful line.
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Who said to have another language is to possess a second soul?

“Charlemagne is reputed to have said that to speak another language is to possess another soul,” said the paper's co-author, Oludamini Ogunnaike, a Harvard graduate student. “This study suggests that language is much more than a medium for expressing thoughts and feelings.
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Was King Charlemagne a good king?

Charlemagne was a strong leader and good administrator. As he took over territories he would allow Frankish nobles to rule them. However, he would also allow the local cultures and laws to remain. He had the laws written down and recorded.
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What does Kalima mean Indiana Jones?

The Black Sleep of the Kali Ma was a trance a person fell under if they drank the Blood of Kali. After drinking the blood, the victim would be put in a room surrounded by burning candles until the Black Sleep took over their mind. It was described as if being in a nightmare, unable to wake.
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Why did Mola Ram not take Willie's heart?

There's also the factor that he probably didn't rip Willie's heart out, because he wanted to do something more terrible to her. Such as making the brainwashed Indy restrain her and lower her to the pit. Exactly, he wanted Indy to break her heart.
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Do snakes chase you?

Each just goes for the same path at the same time. As I said, however, this myth is partly true. Some species of snakes will actively “chase” human beings, such as the Central American bushmaster (Lachesis muta muta). An enormous and lethally venomous serpent, the bushmaster is well-known for this behavior.
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Can snakes sense your fear?

It is a myth that snakes can sense fear in humans. However, since snakes have an extraordinary sense of smell, they might be able to sense a difference between a relaxed human and a fearful human. Snakes do not respond to fear in humans unless they feel threatened by unpredictable human movements.
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Why do people hate snakes?

The new study builds on years of experiments by psychologists. They found that the widespread fear of snakes stems from a perceptual bias: people recognize snakes faster than other objects. This bias toward snakes isn't simply the result of learning to fear them. Children recognize snakes just as quickly as adults.
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