In other cultures snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars âsometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Crete âand they were worshiped as guardians of her mysteries of birth and regeneration.n other cultures snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars âsometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Crete âand they were worshiped as guardians of her mysteries of birth and regeneration.
Family Violence Prevention & Services. The Family Violence Prevention and Services Program administers the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA), the primary federal funding stream dedicated to the support of emergency shelter and related assistance for victims of domestic violence and their children.
1 Self-directed violence refers to violence in which the perpetrator and the victim are the same individual and is subdivided into self-abuse and suicid e. 2  Interpersonal violence refers to violence between individuals, and is subdivided into family and intimate partner violence and community violence.