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In South Asian and Southeast Asian mythology, the Nāga are semi-divine creatures which are half-human and half-snakes. [1] Claims of sightings of reptilian creatures occur in Southern United States, where swamps are common. In the late 1980s, there were hundreds of supposed sightings of a "Lizard Man" in Bishopville, South Carolina. [2]
Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms. Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake. Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology. Glycon: a Roman snake god who had the head of a man. The Gorgons: Sisters in Greek mythology who had serpents for hair.
Nure-onna (濡女, "wet woman") is a Japanese yōkai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. They are also seen as a paranormal phenomenon at sea under the name of nureyomejo. In legends, they are often said to consume humans, but they have no single appearance or personality.
What's in a water sign? The 12 signs of the zodiac are split up into four elemental groups: Fire, earth, air and water. The three water signs — Cancer, Pisces and Scorpio — are each individual ...
Chinese New Year began on Jan. 29 this year, marking the end of the Year of the Dragon and the beginning of the Year of the Snake. In Chinese astrology, zodiac signs are represented by 12 animals ...
Kuk – Kuk's male form has a frog head while his female form has a snake head. Meretseger – The cobra-headed Egyptian Goddess. Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore; its bird half is generally that of an owl's body. Sobek – The crocodile-headed Egyptian God.
The Cancer man who has been shamed for his feelings can live his life steeped in pain. And like the crab with reflexive pincers, he can be quick to clap back when he feels insulted or hurt. (Note ...
Cancer is represented as a sea crab while the Moon is a female figure, both on a boat. In another field, the Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , belonging to modernism and symbolism , produced in 1907 a cycle of twelve paintings called Zodiakas (The Zodiac); Vėžys (Cancer) represented the sign of Carcinos , in ...