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shook the animal into the fire

"shook his hand so that the snake fell from his hand into the fire"

become inflamed with fever

Possible meanings are 1) "get a high fever" or 2) "become swollen."

said he was a god

There was a belief that someone who lived after a poisonous snake bite was divine or a god.