snake charmer
Flute-playing reptile-handler
A snake charmer is a street performer who appears to hypnotize snakes, typically cobras, by playing a flute-like instrument while the snake sways.
The practice originated in South Asia and the Middle East.
Figuratively, a snake charmer is someone with an uncanny ability to handle dangerous situations or manipulate difficult people: He's a real snake charmer with angry customers.
Hooded venomous serpent
- basketWoven carrying vessel
- hypnotizeInduce altered consciousness
- swayRock back and forth
- spectacleVisually striking event
street · audience · showmanship · flute · enthrall · fascinate · dexterity · concentration
Hooded venomous serpent
- pythonNonvenomous squeezing snake
- viperFanged toxic serpent
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
fangs · hiss · slither · hood · strike · coil · constrictor · handler
South Asian republic
- MoroccoNorthwest African kingdom
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
- turbanWrapped cloth headdress
- marketplaceVenue for commerce
Marrakech · souk · tradition · folklore · Jaipur · medina · tourist · colonial
Practice of dark magic
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- conjurerPerformer of magic tricks
hex · spell · magic · supernatural · occult · talisman · amulet · divination
cobra
Hooded venomous serpent
spectacle · street · audience · showmanship · flute · enthrall · fascinate · dexterity · concentration · skill
cobra
Hooded venomous serpent
scales · fangs · hiss · slither · hood · strike · coil · constrictor · handler · defanged
India
South Asian republic
marketplace · Marrakech · souk · tradition · folklore · Jaipur · medina · tourist · colonial · orientalism
sorcery
Practice of dark magic
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
conjurer · hex · spell · magic · supernatural · occult · talisman · amulet · divination · spiritualism
- Sideshowfreak show, sideshow, bearded lady, fat lady, tattooed lady
- circuscircus, big top, clown, clowns, ringmaster
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- variety actsacrobat, juggling, aerialist, magic, clown
- Orientalismodalisque, orientalism, Egyptology, harems, Turkish bath
snake charmerherpetologist
Reptile and amphibian researcher
exterminator · snake handler · wildlife biologist · pest controller · mongoose
charm, snake, charming, charmed, snakes, charmer, enchantment, enchant, enchanter