why is orchimaru obssesed with snakes?

[keejenkins]

Hey im wonderin why orchimaru likes snakes so much and likes turning into one. Please give good detail in your answer thanks

[Marfi]

As they are symbol of good luck I guess.

[Maruko]

Japanese myth.
Read this and you'll get it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orochimaru

[Bacon]

He said it was something about rebirth.

[ichirakuramen]

i have this theory that it's some sort of innuendo..i mean, he gives prepubescent boys hickeys!

[Kuromaki]

Apart from the Gallant Jiraiya tale Uchiha Maruko mentioned, snakes shed their skin which symbolizes rebirth, thus Orochimaru, who is reborn in many different forms, uses them to represent him. It's an added plus that snakes are considered sneaky or sinister by many, enhancing his image as a villain.

[coil]

Oro is based on a character from an old Japaneese story who used snake magic. Also, snakes are symbolic of evil.

[Throw Rasen-Shuriken]

As far as Naruto goes. It was to do with when his parents died when he was a child, he was near the graves of his parents and came across a white snake skin, supposingly suppose to be something to do with being immortal, so just as he saw his parents die, didn't want that for himself, so set out on his own personal venture, to acquire immortality. More or less what I got from that.

[Kakashi Hatake_Yamato]

Originally Posted by Uchiha Maruko

Japanese myth.
Read this and you'll get it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orochimaru

this

and i guess also cuz his name means great snakes

[loganace]

Wiki for the Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kakashi's forbidden jutsu]

Originally Posted by Kuromaki

Apart from the Gallant Jiraiya tale Uchiha Maruko mentioned, snakes shed their skin which symbolizes rebirth, thus Orochimaru, who is reborn in many different forms, uses them to represent him. It's an added plus that snakes are considered sneaky or sinister by many, enhancing his image as a villain.

Yeah I think you'r on the right track here.Left to me,Orochimaru is ust a creep!!

[kakashi's forbidden jutsu]

Originally Posted by Kuromaki

Apart from the Gallant Jiraiya tale Uchiha Maruko mentioned, snakes shed their skin which symbolizes rebirth, thus Orochimaru, who is reborn in many different forms, uses them to represent him. It's an added plus that snakes are considered sneaky or sinister by many, enhancing his image as a villain.

Yeah I think you're on the right track here.Left to me,Orochimaru is just a creep!!

[Falva]

[king kakashi]

he's named after snake
he looks like a snake
he fights like a snake
he acts like a snake
he sounds like a snake
and he hangs out with snakes
he's a snake

[Opacityzero]

Orochimaru's trademark trait was his affinity with snakes that, in addition to impacting the appearance and composition of his true form, and granting him the ability to extend his limbs to abnormal lengths and to take on snake-like traits in battle, caused him to learn a number of snake-related abilities.

Even after countless experiments with his body, his true form became a giant snake ("The Great White Serpent") made up of a multitude of smaller snakes, with long and spiky black hair, a scaled face with snake-like teeth and a long tongue, black eye markings, and a pointed chin.

[Jonesy]

Originally Posted by Kuromaki

Apart from the Gallant Jiraiya tale Uchiha Maruko mentioned, snakes shed their skin which symbolizes rebirth, thus Orochimaru, who is reborn in many different forms, uses them to represent him. It's an added plus that snakes are considered sneaky or sinister by many, enhancing his image as a villain.

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