List of reptilian humanoids
For reptilian humanoids in conspiracy theories and ufology, see
Reptilians.
Reptilian humanoids comprise a common motif in mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology, and cryptozoology.
In mythology
Reptilian humanoids in world mythology include:
Male
- 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.
- Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake
- Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
- Fu Xi: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
- 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.
- Quetzalcoatl or the "feathered serpent", the creator god and sky god of the Aztecs; variously depicted as a man, a serpent, or a reptilian humanoid.
- Sobek: Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god
- Shenlong: a Chinese dragon thunder god, depicted with a human head and a dragon's body
- 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
- Cihuacoatl, literally "Snake Woman", an Aztec goddess
- Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
- Moura Encantada from Portuguese and Galician folklore.
- 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.
- Nüwa: serpentine founding figure from Chinese mythology
- Wadjet pre-dynastic snake goddess of Lower Egypt - sometimes depicted as half snake, half woman
- The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore
Either
- Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
- Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings from Hindu mythology said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
- The Serpent: a character from the Genesis creation narrative occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan, though its representations have been both male and female.
In cryptozoology
Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:
In ufology and conspiracy theories
In scientific speculation
In fiction
A wide range of fictional works depict reptilian humanoids.
Literature
Television
Other
Comics
Other
Film
Games
Roleplaying and strategy games
Platform and fighting games
See also