I'm taking English-200 right now and I'm working on finishing an essay that basically discusses the following: Religion, society, and fear concerning snakes and how this fear paired with irresponsible ownership has caused unjustified bad reputations for snakes.

I was wondering if anyone could point in the right direction of some good, solid scholarly resources.

I'll also be quoting The Bible and also am looking at other cultures that fear and/or revere these wonderful creatures.

ANY help would be appreciated.