Reptilian humanoids comprise a common motif in creation mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology and cryptozoology.[1]
In mythology
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 between his legs.[2]
- Cecrops I: the mythical first King of Athens was half man, half snake
- Dragon Kings: creatures from Chinese mythology sometimes depicted as reptilian humanoids
- Glycon: a snake god who had the head of a man.
- The Lamia: a child-devouring female demon from Greek mythology depicted as half woman, half serpent.
- Nāga (Devanagari: नाग): reptilian beings from Hindu mythology said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface.
- 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.
- The Serpent: character from the Biblical creation occasionally depicted with legs, and sometimes identified with Satan.
- The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore
- Zahhak, a figure from Zoroastrian mythology who, in Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh, grows a serpent on either shoulder
In cryptozoology
Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:
- The Cherufe in Chile
- The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina
- The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
- The Thetis Lake monster in Canada
In ufology and conspiracy theories
- Reptilians appear in some claims of alien encounters and in the conspiracy theories of David Icke
- Lemurians, reptilian humanoids in the writings of Helena Blavatsky
Miscellaneous
- The dinosauroid, a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist Dale Russell
- Evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet: a slur used to refer to Ontario Liberal Party opposition leader Dalton McGuinty
In fiction
Examples of fictional reptilian humanoids include:
- other television
- Sleestaks from Land of the Lost
- Savage Lizards from Stitch!
- Visitors from V
- in comics
- Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
- Kleggs, alien mercenaries in the Judge Dredd universe.
- The Lizard, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Stegron from the Marvel Comics universe
- Skrulls, an alien race of reptilian shapeshifters in the Marvel Universe
- In The Ultimates, the Chitauri (combining characteristics of both the Marvel Skrulls and the Reptilians of David Icke's conspiracy theory)[3]
- Badoon, another hostile Marvel Comics alien race
- Slither, a snakelike mutant and ally of Magneto
- The Saurians, a.k.a. the People, lizards mutated to human intelligence due to atomic testing[4]
- Serpent Men, adapted to Marvel Comics from the Robert E. Howard creations (see below) as recurring villains
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- in games
- Argonians, a race in the game franchise The Elder Scrolls
- Bangaa, a race in the game series of Final Fantasy
- Bowser from Super Mario Bros.
- Lizardfolk, kobolds and Yuan-ti from Dungeons & Dragons
- Locust Horde, the primary antagonists in the game franchise Gears of War
- Reptile, a character in the game Mortal Kombat
- in film
- Dracs from Enemy Mine
- Grig from The Last Starfighter
- Sarris from Galaxy Quest
- Thulsa Doom from Conan the Barbarian
- Trandoshans from Star Wars
- in literature
- The Lady of the Green Kirtle from CS Lewis's The Silver Chair
- The mummified inhabitants of The Nameless City by H. P. Lovecraft
- The Race from Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series
- Serpent men from the works of Robert E. Howard
- Topsid from Perry Rhodan
- Frequently fought by pulp hero Johnny Zell
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