VASUKI
Hindu Mythology
Mythology of India
This is the name of the son of SESHA the World Serpent in the Hindu mythology of India. During the Churning of the Ocean at the creation, VASUKI was used a a rope and became so weary that he tried to poison the waters with his venom. All the time GARUDA was taking the other serpents and making off with them. So VASUKI made a pact with VISHNU that GARUDA could take only one each day. During the great Flood when MANU had to rescue a pair of every living thing, he had used VASUKI as the rope to hold the vessel from being swept away, so the legend relates that humans survived because of VASUKI.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth