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Once planted on the shore again, Chinimin and his father engage in a fierce battle. Chinimin out of protection for himself stabs his father with a spear. The god, filled with pain, fell to the ground, pulling himself to find "something to stop the pain,"" or even something to fight back with. The "Lord of All- finally reaches the shore where his body is transformed into a snake. The spear, according to Gertrude Jobes, means "creation and death- (page 1480, 1481). At this point, one could consider the twelfth archetype of death and old age. The "Lord of All- is faced with death after being stabbed by his son. The way the god was faced with death relates to that of a hunting society, in a way that death is associated with violence. This being stated, one could assume that this myth comes from a patriarchal society. One point to support this is the idea that it deals with a hunting culture. The other being that both Chinimin and his father are male. At this point in the myth the snake is introduced. According to Gerturde Jobes, the snake symbolizes "evil, treachery, and life."" One could assume in this myth that the snake represents good and evil. Joseph Campbell states "Now the snake in most cultures is given a positive interpretation The serpent represents the power of life engaged in the field of time, and of death, yet eternally alive- (Power of Myth, page 47). .
Now that the god has been transformed into a snake, the river parts and he falls from the heavens to the earth, which at this point is "featureless and dry."" Bill Moyers states from Genesis, "The earth was upon the face of the deep- (Power of Myth, page 43). As the snake's body crashed into the ground, a huge crater was formed that is filled with water from the spirit river. It is also stated the fall from the spirit world to earth created a large whirlwind storm that the "Lord of All- follows to find something to heal his injuries.
