Reptilian humanoids comprise a common motif in mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology, and cryptozoology.
Reptilian humanoids in world mythology include:
Boreas (Aquilon to
the Romans): the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by Pausanias as a winged man with serpents
instead of legs.
Glycon:
a snake god who had the head of a man.
Ningizzida, Lord of the Tree of Life, mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh and linked to the water serpent constellation Hydra.
Typhon, the "father of all monsters" in Greek mythology, was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
Zahhak, a figure from Zoroastrian mythology who, in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, grows a serpent on either shoulder
Female
Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology,
was half woman, half snake.
The Gorgons: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
The Lamia:
a child-devouring female demon from Greek mythology depicted as half woman,
half serpent.
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