Wang Tao-huan, an assistant researcher in the Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, takes an anthropological tack in pointing out that the stealthy and cunning snake has been man's arch enemy since ancient times. Snake worshipping ceremonies can be found in aboriginal cultures all over the world, and the dragon may be an extension of such worship.
中研院歷史語言研究所助理研究員王道還也指出，從人類學的角度，詭秘陰毒的蛇是人類自遠祖便深懼的敵物，拜蛇儀式在世界各地的先民文化中都可發現，因此龍有可能是蛇崇拜的衍生。