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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.
Medusa - a woman cursed by Athena to become a snake woman , and people who sees her eyes will petrify; Quetzalcoatl - (pron. Quet-zal-co-at) or 'Plumed Serpent' was one of the most important gods in ancient Mesoamerica. A mix of bird and rattlesnake, his name is a combination of the Nahuatl words quetzal (the emerald plumed bird) and coatl ...
[2] [3] She claimed the title Cihuacoatl, meaning "Woman Serpent" or "Snake Woman". [4] Her brother was Huītzilōpōchtli. [1] [2] [5] [6] During the migration, she was abandoned during her sleep by the Mexicas as directed by her brother. Afterward she had a son named Copil with Chimalcuauhtli, king of Malinalco. [3] [7]
Hebi Onna (へび女, transl. "Snake Woman"), published in English under the title Reptilia, is a Japanese horror manga trilogy written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu.It is composed of three series – Scared of Mama, The Spotted Girl, and Reptilia – which were originally serialized in the shōjo manga (girls' comics) magazine Shūkan Shōjo Friend from 1965 to 1966.
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. The Lamiai: female phantoms from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half-serpent.
Snake Woman #1 Art by Michael Gaydos. Snake Woman is a comic series created by Shekhar Kapur and published by Virgin Comics (now Liquid Comics) for their Director's Cut line. Snake Woman was created by Shekhar Kapur, written by Zeb Wells, with art by Michael Gaydos and covers by Jeevan Kang. There are 10 issues in the series.
Shahmaran is a mythical creature, half-snake and half-woman, portrayed as a dual-headed creature with a crown on each head, possessing a human female head on one end, and a snake's head on the other, possibly representing a phallic figure. [3] The human part is also decorated with a large necklace. [4] [5]
Although she was sometimes depicted as a young woman, similar to Xōchiquetzal, she is more often shown as a fierce skull-faced old woman carrying the spears and shield of a warrior. [3] Childbirth was sometimes compared to warfare and the women who died in childbirth were honored as fallen warriors.