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ophidiophobia / fear of snakes
Background of ophidiophobia
Ophidiophobia, is the irrational fear of snakes. One of Indiana Jones's main weaknesses is ophidiophobia in
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981).
The word ophildiophobia is derived from the Greek word "ophidion" which means small snake and "phobos" which means fear.
"Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
-- Indiana Jones
in
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones comes face-to-face with his greatest fear
Appears in the Following Film
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981)
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