Deganawidah Serpent Prophecy: Iroquois "End Times Prophecy"

[Sacred Fool]

  
Here's a different take on it.

The sea and the woman represent lower aspects of consciousness which give birth to humans and guide them to seek to rise and unite with the light, which represents the higher aspects of consciousness.  Humans live in this borderland between the upper and the lower and are here represented by the people and the serpents.  They are completely confused by the whole affair, either retreating and being passive or expending energy in ceaseless brawling. 

Humans are pretty much completely distracted from seeking the pathway reaching from the Earthly and the Divine.  No surprise there, I suppose.  Very sad.