Did you think the Space·Time Deck was done after
- the Triumphs;
- the Suit of Paper;
- the Suit of Rock;
- the Suit of Blade?
Were it only that it were so simple!
Here’s the fourth suit: the Suit of Serpents.
Serpents traditionally symbolize:
- speed;
- stealth;
- adaptation;
- survival;
- lies;
- forbidden knowledge;
- forbidden power;
- temptation.
The cards:
- Ruler
- Dragon
- Treasure
- Soldier
- Builder
- Seeker
- Lover
- Servant
- Home
- Foot (blank, customizable)
- Teddy bear (blank, customizable)
Credits
- Cards David Teller. Available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (source: author).
- Serpent logo A resolution diagram of the game «Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock». Wikipedia user
DMacs. Available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported (source: Wikipedia). - Ruler Merlin and Vivien in The yellow book : an illustrated quarterly, 1895. Believed to be Public Domain (source: Flicker Commons.
- Dragon The samurai Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage in Izumo stabbing a giant salamander with his short sword. Public Domain(source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Treasure Hans Canon – Der Salamander. Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Soldier Émile Bayard – Mélusine. Illustration from The History of Magic. Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Builder Illumination of a 15th century manuscript of Historia Regum Britanniae showing king of the Britons Vortigern and Ambros watching the fight between two dragons. Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Seeker Photo by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra – Tenture de l’Apocalypse: Satan (le Dragon) remet à La Bête de la mer (à droite) le pouvoir figuré par un sceptre (détail du panneau III.40). Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Lover Isobel Lilian Gloag – The Knight and the Mermaid or The Kiss of the Enchantress. Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Servant Devotions to Nagadevata. Believed to be Public Domain (source: Wikimedia Commons).
- Home Snakes & Ladders, Game of Heaven & Hell. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license (source: Wikimedia Commons).
Thanks
Many thanks to jlorenzo, pnkfelix, nickwedig, Alamantus, mxfraud, GiantKumquat for their help!
