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'''Nagaraja''' are Kings of Snakes in Hindu mythology. Nagaraja is a Sanskrit word from naga (snake) and raj (king) meaning King of Snakes.

...female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ...ory of one of City of Villains non-player villain groups, the aptly named "Snakes".

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...e Saint wanted for freeing the local people from the Dragon, he asked that snakes would be banished from the forest and nightingales, which had disturbed the ...e made deaf, and this is echoed in another piece of superstition regarding snakes in Sussex, that on their bellies, Adders have written the words :

...ed to in the Pecos Bill stories and although it is his description of hoop snakes that most people are familiar with, stories of the creature predate those f ...ything that stinger touches can be sent straight to the undertaker's. Hoop snakes can kill a 200-pound man, or a 2,000-pound bull. In one version of the myth

According to the legend, the Lightning Snakes were sent off by the Thunderbirds to kill orcas for food.

...ntry are green, or yellow, or scarlet, or black. One author says the black snakes have a green head. The land of Bigsnake lies west of Rhinoceros country. (t ...ong snake" (or changshe 長蛇, cf. above). Eberhard (1968:84) concludes giant snakes such as the xiushe, bashe, and ranshe "were typical for the South", but wer

...female monsters with brass hands, sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. Her sister [[Stheno]] was immortal and sister [[Medusa]] was mortal. Sh

Zilant is often confused with Aq Yilan (White Snake), which is the king of snakes as well as the medieval [[cockatrice]]. ...evil rulers of the neighboring pagan peoples. The legendary burning of the snakes may symbolize the victory of Islam over paganism. Sceptics say that the Bul

...[[Damballa-Wedo]], the god of rivers and springs, and they both appear as snakes in corporeal form. Anthropologists consider her the equivalent of the Afric

Physically Attorcroppes resemble small snakes, with human arms and legs. They can walk upright using their legs.

[[Image:snakes.jpg|thumb|Copyright Maroto Esteban]] ...heir perceived quality of being both familiar and exotic. The behaviour of snakes and their facial features (e.g. the unblinking, lidless eyes) seemed to imp

...their tails after they are broken off. Such lizards are often called joint snakes. May also be a reference to the Hydra in Greek Mythology.

...ct, most Turkish (and later, Islamic) sources describe dragons as gigantic snakes.

The Karura is said to be the enemy of snakes and dragons, feeding on the latter, as the Garuda is the enemy of the Nagas

...ile or alligator, from ''tan'' (תנ) the stem for hidden or foul lizards or snakes. See ''tanshemet''.

...e what had happened. She did so and found that many kinds of creatures and snakes were in the butter. Then the priest told the Strigoiaca these creatures wou

...ifting abilities, the Pugot can move in great speed so that he can feed on snakes and insects. It usually eats by pushing food on its neck stump.

...g, merry man with a wreath of grain on his ears. As creatures of Potrimpo, snakes were worshiped and given milk.

...loated between here and the afterlife. They sometimes appear as the swans, snakes, horses, falcons, or wolves that they can shapeshift into but usually appea

...rnucopia. The snake is her attribute, a symbol of healing, and consecrated snakes were kept in her temple at Rome, indicating her phallic nature. Her image c

...dlan, who visited Volga Bulgaria in the 10th century, referred to numerous snakes, especially on trees. Once he saw a big fallen tree, which was longer than

Erichthonius is sometimes described as a normal infant with two snakes guarding him. In a later myth he is described like a snake with human head, ...s a young boy is sitting in his chest on the rocks of Acropolis, while two snakes are guarding him and his basket is nearby. He is making a sign to Athena, w

...were vicious female monsters with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes. ...''Gorgon''' is a creature covered with impenetrable scales, hair of living snakes, hands of brass, sharp fangs and a beard.

...he ground from the severed head and were transformed by Gaia into venomous snakes of many kinds ...the Medusa's head is frequently represented in works of art in the form of snakes, and these once again are derived from the castration complex. It is a rema

...own standing or kneeling on a donkey, nursing a pig and a dog, and holding snakes. [[Image:Lamashtu2.gif|thumb|Lion-headed Lamashtu, holding snakes and with pig and dog at her breasts. On one side there is a lamp, on the ot

...reature. Some believe the tsuchinoko legend to be based on encounters with snakes that recently swallowed a meal. The blue-tongued lizard, which became legal

...The snake escaped and adapted to the brackish water. It would take several snakes, or a pregnant female to explain the multiple sightings, though, and an ana

...ed for the "pharaoh's rat" or mongoose or Egyptian mongoose, which attacks snakes; it can also mean "otter". Today, it is mainly used for the Egyptian mongoo

...ght-errant) or a dragon-like nature. Tugarin's torso is covered with fiery snakes. He is flying in the sky flapping his paper-like wings, which caused his fa

...live in Southern China) and gained their toxicity from ingesting poisonous snakes, similar to how the poison dart frogs produce poison by ingesting poisonous

*Read, Bernard E. 1934. "Chinese Materia Medica VII; Dragons and Snakes," ''Peking Natural History Bulletin'' 8.4:279-362.

...n, et al., 1999). Literally made of the unclean khrafstra, animals such as snakes, toads, scorpions, frogs and lizards, this dragon embodied corruption. ...d, dragon-like monster. He is said to have a thousand senses, and to bleed snakes, scorpions, and other venomous creatures. He also is said to bring or contr

...n, et al., 1999). Literally made of the unclean khrafstra, animals such as snakes, toads, scorpions, frogs and lizards, this dragon embodied corruption. ...d, dragon-like monster. He is said to have a thousand senses, and to bleed snakes, scorpions, and other venomous creatures. He also is said to bring or contr

...he waist up. Below that she had the body of a scaly dragon with a thousand snakes for feet and sprouting from her waist the heads of fifty wild beasts. Dark

...ithin them. She usually rides a seven-year old hart, with a bridle made of snakes.

*spells to frighten away poisonous snakes,

...primitive beasts and animal-shape monsters, from the numerous dragons and snakes of the first creation myths to the legendary hybrid and fantastic creatures

...e of the Lake Temagmi region hold that Mishipeshu was the ancestor of all snakes.

...ntains and valleys and all the things that are a bother to humans, such as snakes.

...the Greek ''basileus'', which means king. The basilisk was the king of the snakes and the most poisonous creature on earth. ...hiss, and does not move its body forward in manifold coils like the other snakes but advances with its middle raised high. It kills bushes not only by its t

Snakes are sacred animals in many West African religions. The demi-god Aidophedo u ...u and Bastian as a pendant throughout their travels. The Auryn depicts two snakes, one silver, the other gold, intertwined and biting each other's tails.

...ixed collection of deities, including spirits of trees, rivers, ancestors, snakes, and the ghosts of people who have met a violent or tragic death. They like

...ake, it could be an unknown type of large snake, though there are no known snakes with a serrated ridge. The people who have seen it say it is not just an ov

.... Several evil dreams are mentioned in ancient Japanese books, such as two snakes twined together, a fox with the voice of a man, blood-stained garments, a t

...zards. These are a primitive group of poorly studied animals. They are not snakes or lizards but are related to both. I think the Death Worm is a giant membe

...s and is called the "scarlet bird." A common depiction was of it attacking snakes with its talons and its wings spread.

...d eats them then and there. She is able to animate her hair (or turn it to snakes in some legends) and use it to pull the prey into the maw atop her head. Sh

...creature, identified as both "alligator" and "crocodile". The "Dragons and Snakes" section of the (1578 CE) ''Bencao Gangmu'', which is a comprehensive Chine * Read, Bernard E. 1934. "Chinese Materia Medica VII; Dragons and Snakes," Peking Natural History Bulletin 8.4:279-362.

...+Bernard&ei=pfu5SIKYK4HaygTjtPWPBw Chinese Materia Medica VII; Dragons and Snakes"] ''Peking Natural History Bulletin'' 8.4:279-362.

...tly unperturbed by the cold, as Isidore of Seville indicates: "Alone among snakes, the amphisbaena goes out in the cold."

...the other gods and made them pay taxes to the demons. Next he defeated the snakes (nagas), the gandharvas, the rakshasas, the yakshas (companions of Kubera)

...met several people in Småland, Sweden that said they had encountered giant snakes, sometimes equipped with a long mane. He gathered around 50 eyewitness repo

*Echidne of the Snakes [http://echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com] is a fairly popular liberalism|lib

*''Hebi'', ([[snakes]])

...e townsfolk bring the monster to life the form of a long procession, which snakes through the town led by a swarm of children carrying Chinese-type lanterns.

He also had a dragon's tail and a thick mane of writhing snakes. ...er of the Stygian sound, Grim Cerberus, who soon began to rear His crested Snakes, and armed His bristling hair. '

...g from its eyes when it blinks, and individual lightning bolts are glowing snakes that it carries with it. ...s apparently known for garter snakes, though some sources say, small water snakes. Others say that from the surrounding mountains, the small brook wound arou

...eads or creatures with the upper bodies of humans and lower bodies of vast snakes, they were extremely gifted shape-shifters, able to assume any appearance t ...of regeneration as the spilled nectar soaked their scales, explaining why snakes shed their skins to this day. But their efforts to lap up and consume this

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...elf as a god of the sea. The old Japanese sea-gods were often female water-snakes. The cultural influences which reached Japan from the south by way of Indon

...s of fire and other spectral phenomena, various "bigfoot" sightings, giant snakes and 'thunderbirds', as well as the mutilation of cattle and other livestock

...d forbidden him to eat them. Garuda is also well-known for his aversion to snakes, a dislike he had acquired from his mother, Vinata. [[Image:Garuda23.jpg|thumb|'''Garuda''' chasing snakes]]

...Ex Oriente Lux, Leiden (Holland) Nr. 37 (2002)). Also, comparable hostile snakes as enemies of the sun god existed under other names (in the Pyramid Texts a

...y simple vermin such as mice and rats, and their ability to fight and kill snakes, especially cobras, cats in Egypt were revered heavily, sometimes being giv

...ting abilities: they repeatedly shift from their basic shape of two-headed snakes to six-fingered men who hold iron pitchforks, black young bulls, big boars,

...f darkness"; however, the history of creatures such as ravens, night-owls, snakes, scorpions, asses, bats, horses, bears, and lions as her creatures is not a ...iots pulled by dragons. Several images of Hecate show her holding a snake. Snakes have long been connected with chthonic powers and the powers of life, death

...al, she suckles her young. The Simorgh has teeth. It has an enmity towards snakes and its natural habitat is a place with plenty of water.

...merous heads and hands and wings, while from his thighs came huge coils of snakes. He emitted all kinds of roars and nothing could resist his might.

...e "a large snakelike creature, swimming with its head above water, held as snakes do, with coils behind."

...ake'' or ''serpent'', emphasising the European association of dragons with snakes. The Medieval Biblical interpretation of the [[Devil]] being associated wi ...the absence of cats, such infestations were deterred by putting a pair of snakes into the granary, with the Drako guarding the “golden horde” of the gra

*Karl Shuker. ''From Flying Toads To Snakes With Wings''. St. Paul, Minnesota: Llewellyn, 1997.

...ult of the serpent in Mesoamerica is very old; there are representation of snakes with bird-like characteristics as old as the Olmec preclassic (1150-500 BC)

...y. Speculations on what it might have been center on lizards, salamanders, snakes and otters.

...isure. The effect is similar to the bite of the vampire bat, or of certain snakes or spiders that stun their prey with venom. Unlike conventional predators,

...d to offer them hospitality and set a feast; as soon as the pair sat down, snakes coiled around their feet and held them there. Theseus was eventually rescue

*The serpent was an alien, as Earth snakes don't speak or show any intelligence (and they're ''trayf'', as well).

...putting forward in place of serpents cetaceans (whales and dolphins), sea snakes, eels, basking sharks, baleen whales, oarfish, large pinnipeds, seaweed, dr

...Tantric Buddhism. Izuna Gongen is depicted as a beaked, winged figure with snakes wrapped around his limbs, surrounded by a halo of flame, riding on the back

...w creatures, and still others exchanging natures with the snakes, becoming snakes themselves that chase the other thieves in turn. (Cantos XXIV and XXV)

...aly, with vulture claws, lion paws, bull's horns and a tail and penis with snakes' heads at the ends. Men-scorpions from the poem, which guard the mountain M

...cheers, but shortly thereafter the devils are unwillingly transformed into snakes and are tempted to reach a fruit from trees that turn to dust as they reach

...a became the body of Kali. From this poison also came, "cruel objects like snakes, wolves, and tigers."[11]

The animals, the snakes, the lizards, and every other bird hid from the sun's fierce rays -- in cav