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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 encounters a snake
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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