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The Snake is the symbol of TANGALE tribe and its very big like a Python. During the time that the Tangale people were looking for a place to stayed, they were lead by the ancestral spirit and the leading was personified by the snake. It is assume that the snake was a lady and by extension it means the spirit that lead them was a woman spirit. On there journey n looking for were to reside three stones that look like a grinding stone were following them and any were the stone stop they people have to stop and wait for direction from the stone, however, inside the stones there are snake inside.the Tangale people migrated from Yemen through what is now Borno State. Due to constant tribal wars,they had to keep on moving from one place to another. They settled in seven different places before they came to their present location. Some of the places where they settled include Sanum Kude (Big San) near Ngazargamu and Kupto. At Kupto they were together with the Bolewa, Waja, Songom, Kare Kare, Tera, Longuda, and some of the present neighboring tribes. It was at Kupto that the tribes parted ways to search for new land and shelter. Many of them moved into mountainous areas because they were safer places to settle, this development brought the Tangale Nation to its present empire. This snake is still alive till date,because its the one that give protection and security for the people and if you found doing things that are not holy like smoking, drinking, cheating on your spouse and the rest the person will die automatic. In the land fertility of a woman is also consulted by the spirit, if a woman gives birth the smaller snake will visit the child, and you will find the snake lying close to the baby,or lying under bed or inside a local ash of fire wood,and as a woman before cooking you must check inside the ashes to find if the snake have come to visit or not if the snake is found they people will welcome the snake but the snake don't bite, however there are some ignorance woman who will just light up fire without checking the ash and will just light up the fire at this process it will harm the snake by burning up its body so by this regard as the lady you have to rub shear butter for the snake for it to recover if not it will die. Mostly the big snake lives inside the hills were there is water and has a small opening at the top of the hill, most of the time the snake don't come out, unless the people of the land wish to visit the snake then they have to communicate through the chief priest and there is some rituals he will perform for like 3-4 days before seeing the snake. But mostly if you see the snake comes out on its own its means danger is approaching then he will protect the people. For more information clickhttps://www.africaprimenews.com/2017/07/18/opinion/tangale-cultural-heritage-snake-as-a-totem-i/ However, to see more on the IMAGE of the snake's habitation were it reside on hills you can click on the link below:tozalimagazine.blogspot.com/2018/05/gombe-state-nigerias-jewel-in-savannah.html