REPTILIANS THROUGH HISTORY
Lets take a look at what the scientific and archaeological community know to be the oldest writings on earth. This consists of 22,000 tablets (also known as the Babylonian-Mesopotamian Enuma Elish) discovered in an ancient library by archaeologist and explorer Austin Leard in the region of what we now know as Iraq. These writings have been dated to be over 6,000 years old; back when the region was known as Babylon, Mesopotamia, and Sumer. One of the most fascinating tablets tells a story that mirrors the book of Genesis in the Bible. Just like the bible, it tells the story of a disastrous flood that transformed the planet earth and all of its people. It tells the tale of a great tower to the heavens, and the origin of spoken word. One of the most significant scrolls depicts in perfect detail our solar system; this is complete with all the planets in perfect size ratio to each other and the sun. The writings include detailed astromomical information and various solar system maps which match what we know in current times, and even more to be understood. Their solar system map contains a 10th planet called Nibiru, which appears to orbit around Mars and Jupiter. It is written that the planet Tiamat collided with planet called Nibiru when it entered into our solar system. Over time the remaining mass of Tiamat reformed into planet Eridu, which is what we now call Earth. The rest of the pieces from the collision form the asteroid belt. The difference that Nibiru had in comparison to the other 9 planets is that it took a long oval shaped obligy that lasted 3, 600 years to complete and passes between Mars and Jupiter. Most recently scientists have been looking for this 10th planet in hopes that they will find the planet (Nibiru) that matches this ancient information. Many new planets are being found and the search continues to be narrowed down as the technology for peering deep into space advances. It is written in the ancient texts that this incredibly detailed information was given to them by the Annunaki or "Those from heaven to Earth came". They describe the Annunaki as a reptilian race of gods that came to planet earth in order to extract precious elements such as gold and silver to aid in the protection of their atmosphere on their far away home planet of Nibiru. The Annunaki soon realized through a workers protest, that they would need a slave race to continue their element exractions. They started to genetically alter cromagnon man in order to create a slave race, The Human Race. It is wriiten that these reptilian gods created humans in clay vessels.
A short time before the monumental great flood happened most of the Annunaki returned to their home planet of Nibiru, but left a number of them behind to watch over planet Earth. And so it was written on tablet VI of the Babylonian-Mesopotamian Enuma Elish :
"Assigned to Anu to heed his instructions , three hundred in the heavens he stationed as a guard - The ways of Earth to define from the heaven - And on Earth, six hundred he made reside - After he all their instructions had ordered to the Annunaki of Heaven and of Earth he alotted their assignments"
Close minded people will have a tough time understanding that the creation of humans were overseen by Reptilian gods from planet Nibiru, but i assure you it is not uncommon or far fetched at all. This information can in fact be found in pretty much every region and religion across our entire planet. Here's a few examples....
In Australia the aboriginees tell of a reptilian race that lives deep under the ground in a vast cave system and rules over men. The belief is that they had descended from a race of Dragon men. Japanese emporers claim to descend from dragon gods that lived in the sky. In china they believe that a serpent queen who goes by the name Nakua pro created with human men. In india they call these reptilian gods Nagas and are convinced they bred with their royal families. Throughout the middle east it is believed that a serpent race created man. The book of Genesis tell's of a race of giants who came from the heavens to breed with the beautiful daughters of men. They are called the Nephilim and are believed by many to be of Reptilian decent. In Africa the Reptilian gods Assume the name "Chitauri" which translates to "Children Of The Serpent". The royal kings of Africa claim to have descended from a reptilian bloodline of serpent gods who came from the sky. In South America the Mayan civilization left behind a story that teaches their Ancestors were people of the serpent. Aztec people people believed they were created by a reptilian serpent queen. In America the Hopi indians believe that in ancient times sky gods came to Earth to make love with their women and refer to them as their "snake brothers". The tribe name "Iriqois" translates to Serpent and the tribe "Sioux" translates to Snake.
When christian missionaries and churches flooded the world with their idea of what was true and just, most of this reptilian storyline disappeared or was regarded as false. Any people that had a belief or worshipped a god that didn't conform with christian idealism was deemed an opposing force and was quickly taken care of in the name of christianity. Nowadays some christians would say that "those were the old ways" and that "back then it was the old testament that set the standard and so it has no bearing on the times of now". If thats the case then lets take it back just 50 years ago when The New Testament was alive and well. 50 years ago and leading up even into current times Native Americans were beaten, raped, forced on reservations, and their children were sent to christian boarding schools for what was called "deculturalization". This is just one of many ways that this Reptilian storyline has been washed, erased, and regarded as nonsense by religions and belief systems of the mainstream.
Just look in the bible and you'll see that the Reptilian or serpent snake entity is the opposing force; the force of temptation that thinks outside the rules and offers a difference in ideal. The Reptilian entity is slandered as a negative force throughout all christian sects. What they may or may not realize is that the whole purpose of their bible wouldn't even exist if it weren't for this reptilian entity creating a spectre of fear. This fear is what keeps all christians in check with their cherished 10 commandments. To them, the reptilian entity is the devil that rules over hell and punishes all the bad people that didnt adhere to the 10 commandments. Through this fear they are actually giving control to the Reptilian Entity without even knowing it.
As reptilianists, we must pay respect, tribute, and worship these ancient reptilian gods, re align ourselves with ancient ways, and give respect to religions that praise reptilian descent. Indeed there are many reptilian gods and references to this serpent entity throughout most religions, and this entity is known and worshipped under a number of different names. For all intensive purposes of this bible we will praise all of these deities through one mighty god - that god is Sobek. The idea of worshipping this great god is not new. The egyptian god Sobek has been worshipped for centuries by the masses in Egypt. Thousands of mummified crocodiles have been uncovered by Archaeologists, mainly in specialized cemetaries at ancient religious centre's such as Medinet el-Fayum. These ancient crocodile mummies were created in honor of Sobek by his followers, so that they may live in the afterlife whith their loving Sobekian owners. I in fact went to Egypt to visit the ancient temple built in his honor which is also known as The Temple Of Sobek Ra. Surrounded by huge statues and carvings that depicted Sobek as a half human crocodile-esque deity, i was completely entranced with the beautiful splendour of his image and spiritual presence. I felt a deep calling from beyond to bring back the worship of Sobek. As a protector of the Nile river, the creator of the world, and bringer of the sun through his bond with Ra; Sobek is the greatest, most giving, and loving god of fertility and creation, while at the same time possessing a viscious attack when provoked negatively. Sobek will protect his devout followers and worshippers as a nest egg in the afterlife with a love that is endless. The translation of Sobek is "He who makes fertile". His bond with the Sun God Ra is so grand and seamless that he is also known as Sobek Ra. Without Sobek, there would be no sun, which in turn would leave the world to be a vast wasteland of infertility. The sun is dependable, is physical, and provides everyhing we need that is necessary for survival. Through the worship of Sobek we can pay our respect to the most highest of dependable providers, and ensure a fertile sun lit world.
Indeed there is a great pool of beliefs and religions that incorporate the reptilian ideal. So rather than explain the detail of each in my own words i've decided to post some information from various sources and encyclopedic articles so that we may further investigate these beliefs on our own and make sense of them from our own reptilian perspective.
African mythology
In Africa the chief centre of serpent worship was Dahomey, but the cult of the python seems to have been of exotic origin, dating back to the first quarter of the 17th century. By the conquest of Whydah the Dahomeyans were brought in contact with a people of serpent worshippers, and ended by adopting from them the beliefs which they at first despised. At Whydah, the chief centre, there is a serpent temple, tenanted by some fifty snakes. Every python of the danh-gbi kind must be treated with respect, and death is the penalty for killing one, even by accident. Danh-gbi has numerous wives, who until 1857 took part in a public procession from which the profane crowd was excluded; a python was carried round the town in a hammock, perhaps as a ceremony for the expulsion of evils. The rainbow-god of the Ashanti was also conceived to have the form of a snake. His messenger was said to be a small variety of boa. but only certain individuals, not the whole species, were sacred. In many parts of Africa the serpent is looked upon as the incarnation of deceased relatives. Among the Amazulu, as among the Betsileo of Madagascar, certain species are assigned as the abode of certain classes. The Maasai, on the other hand, regard each species as the habitat of a particular family of the tribe.
Eva Meyerowitz wrote of an earthenware pot that was stored at the Museum of Achimota College in Gold Coast. The base of the neck of this pot is surrounded by the rainbow snake (Meyerowitz 1940, p. 48). The legend of this creature explains that the rainbow snake only emerged from its home when it was thirsty. Keeping its tail on the ground the snake would raise its head to the sky looking for the rain god. As it drank great quantities of water, the snake would spill some which would fall to the earth as rain (Meyerowitz 1940, p. 48).
There are four other snakes on the sides of this pot: Danh – gbi, the life giving snake, Li, for protection, Liwui, which was associated with Wu, god of the sea, and Fa, the messenger of the gods (Meyerowitz 1940, p. 48). The first three snakes Danh – gbi, Li, Liwui were all worshipped at Whydah, Dahomey where the serpent cult originated (Meyerowitz 1940, p. 48). For the Dahomeans, the spirit of the serpent was one to be feared as he was unforgiving (Nida & Smalley 1959, p. 17). They believed that the serpent spirit could manifest itself in any long, winding objects such as plant roots and animal nerves. They also believed it could manifest itself as the umbilical cord, making it a symbol of fertility and life (Nida & Smalley 1959, p. 17).
Mami Wata is a water spirit or class of spirits associated with fertility and healing, usually depicted as a woman holding a large snake or with the lower body of a serpent or fish. She is worshipped in West, Central, and Southern Africa and the African diaspora.
In Haitian Vodou, the creator loa Damballa is represented as a serpent, and his wife Ayida-Weddo is called the "rainbow serpent."[3] In West African mythology, Ayida-Weddo is believed to hold up the sky.[4][5] Simbi are a type of serpentine loa in Haitian Vodou. They are associated with water and sometimes are believed to act as psychopomps serving Papa Legba.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians worshiped snakes, especially the cobra. The cobra was not only associated with Ra, but also many other deities such as Wadjet, Renenutet, Nehebkau, and Meretseger. Serpents could also be evil and harmful such as the case of Apep and Set. They were also referenced in the Book of the Dead, in which Spell 39 was made to help repel an evil snake in the underworld. "Get back! Crawl away! Get away from me, you snake! Go, be drowned in the Lake of the Abyss, at the place where your father commanded that the slaying of you should be carried out."[6]
Wadjet was the patron goddess of Upper Egypt, and was represented as a cobra with spread hood, or a cobra-headed woman. She later became one of the protective emblems on the pharaoh's crown once Upper and Lower Egypt were united. She was said to 'spit fire' at the pharaoh's enemies, and the enemies of Ra. Sometimes referred to as one of the eyes of Ra, she was often associated with the lioness goddess Sekhmet, who also bore that role.
Ancient Near East - See also: Nehushtan
Ancient Mesopotamians and Semites believed that snakes were immortal because they could infinitely shed their skin and appear forever youthful, appearing in a fresh guise every time. [1] The Sumerians worshipped a serpent god or goddess named Ningishzida, an ancestor of Gilgamesh. Before the arrival of the Israelites, snake cults were well established in Canaan in the Bronze Age, for archaeologists have uncovered serpent cult objects in Bronze Age strata at several pre-Israelite cities in Canaan: two at Megiddo,[7] one at Gezer,[8] one in the sanctum sanctorum of the Area H temple at Hazor,[9] and two at Shechem.[10]
In the surrounding region, serpent cult objects figured in other cultures. A late Bronze Age Hittite shrine in northern Syria contained a bronze statue of a god holding a serpent in one hand and a staff in the other.[11] In sixth-century Babylon a pair of bronze serpents flanked each of the four doorways of the temple of Esagila.[12] At the Babylonian New Year's festival, the priest was to commission from a woodworker, a metalworker, and a goldsmith two images, one of which "shall hold in its left hand a snake of cedar, raising its right [hand] to the god Nabu".[13] At the tell of Tepe Gawra, at least seventeen Early Bronze Age Assyrian bronze serpents were recovered.[14]
Ancient Europe
Serpent worship was well known in ancient Europe. The Roman genius loci took the form of a serpent.
In Italy, the Marsian goddess Angitia, whose name derives from the word for "serpent," was associated with witches, snakes, and snake-charmers. Angitia is believed to have also been a goddess of healing. Her worship was centered in the Central Apennine region.[15]
A snake was kept and fed with milk during rites dedicated to Potrimpus, a Prussian god. On the Iberian Peninsula there is evidence that before the introduction of Christianity, and perhaps more strongly before Roman invasions, serpent worship was a standout feature of local religions To this day there are numerous traces in European popular belief, especially in Germany, of respect for the snake, possibly a survival of ancestor worship: The "house snake" cares for the cows and the children, and its appearance is an omen of death; and the lives of a pair of house snakes are often held to be bound with that of the master and the mistress. Tradition states that one of the Gnostic sects known as the Ophites caused a tame serpent to coil around the sacramental bread, and worshipped it as the representative of the Savior.
Greek mythology - See also: Dragons in Greek mythology
Serpents figured prominently in archaic Greek myths. According to some sources, Ophion ("serpent", a.k.a. Ophioneus), ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Kronos and Rhea. The oracles of the Ancient Greeks were said to have been the continuation of the tradition begun with the worship of the Egyptian cobra goddess, Wadjet. We learn from Herodotus of a great serpent which defended the citadel of Athens.
The Minoan Snake Goddess brandished a serpent in either hand, perhaps evoking her role as source of wisdom, rather than her role as Mistress of the Animals (Potnia Theron), with a leopard under each arm. It is not by accident that later the infant Herakles, a liminal hero on the threshold between the old ways and the new Olympian world, also brandished the two serpents that "threatened" him in his cradle. Although the Classical Greeks were clear that these snakes represented a threat, the snake-brandishing gesture of Herakles is the same as that of the Cretan goddess.
Typhon, the enemy of the Olympian gods, is described as a vast grisly monster with a hundred heads and a hundred serpents issuing from his thighs, who was conquered and cast into Tartarus by Zeus, or confined beneath volcanic regions, where he is the cause of eruptions. Typhon is thus the chthonic figuration of volcanic forces. Amongst his children by Echidna are Cerberus (a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake for a tail and a serpentine mane), the serpent-tailed Chimaera, the serpent-like water beast Hydra, and the hundred-headed serpentine dragon Ladon. Both the Lernaean Hydra and Ladon were slain by Herakles.
Python, an enemy of Apollo, was always represented in vase-paintings and by sculptors as a serpent. Apollo slew Python and made her former home, Delphi, his own oracle. The Pythia took her title from the name Python.[16]
Statue of Asclepius in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Amphisbaena, a Greek word, from amphis, meaning "both ways", and bainein, meaning "to go", also called the "Mother of Ants", is a mythological, ant-eating serpent with a head at each end. According to Greek mythology, the mythological amphisbaena was spawned from the blood that dripped from Medusa the Gorgon's head as Perseus flew over the Libyan Desert with her head in his hand.
Medusa and the other Gorgons were vicious female monsters with sharp fangs and hair of living, venomous snakes whose origins predate the written myths of Greece and who were the protectors of the most ancient ritual secrets. The Gorgons wore a belt of two intertwined serpents in the same configuration of the caduceus. The Gorgon was placed at the highest point and central of the relief on the Parthenon.
Asclepius, the son of Apollo and Koronis, learned the secrets of keeping death at bay after observing one serpent bringing another (which Asclepius himself had fatally wounded) healing herbs. To prevent the entire human race from becoming immortal under Asclepius's care, Zeus killed him with a bolt of lightning. Asclepius' death at the hands of Zeus illustrates man's inability to challenge the natural order that separates mortal men from the gods. In honor of Asclepius, snakes were often used in healing rituals. Non-poisonous Aesculapian snakes were left to crawl on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. The author of the Bibliotheca claimed that Athena gave Asclepius a vial of blood from the Gorgons. Gorgon blood had magical properties: if taken from the left side of the Gorgon, it was a fatal poison; from the right side, the blood was capable of bringing the dead back to life. However Euripides wrote in his tragedy Ion that the Athenian queen Creusa had inherited this vial from her ancestor Erichthonios, who was a snake himself. In this version the blood of Medusa had the healing power while the lethal poison originated from Medusa's serpents. Zeus placed Asclepius in the sky as the constellation Ophiucus, "the Serpent-Bearer". The modern symbol of medicine is the rod of Asclepius, a snake twining around a staff, while the symbol of pharmacy is the bowl of Hygieia,[17] a snake twining around a cup or bowl. Hygieia was a daughter of Asclepius.
Laocoön was allegedly a priest of Poseidon (or of Apollo, by some accounts) at Troy; he was famous for warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks, and for his subsequent divine execution. Poseidon (some say Athena), who was supporting the Greeks, subsequently sent sea-serpents to strangle Laocoön and his two sons, Antiphantes and Thymbraeus. Another tradition states that Apollo sent the serpents for an unrelated offense, and only unlucky timing caused the Trojans to misinterpret them as punishment for striking the Horse.
Olympias, the mother of Alexander the Great and a princess of the primitive land of Epirus, had the reputation of a snake-handler, and it was in serpent form that Zeus was said to have fathered Alexander upon her; tame snakes were still to be found at Macedonian Pella in the 2nd century AD (Lucian, Alexander the false prophet) and at Ostia a bas-relief shows paired coiled serpents flanking a dressed altar, symbols or embodiments of the Lares of the household, worthy of veneration (Veyne 1987 illus p 211).
Aeetes, the king of Colchis and father of the sorceress Medea, possessed the Golden Fleece. He guarded it with a massive serpent that never slept. Medea, who had fallen in love with Jason of the Argonauts, enchanted it to sleep so Jason could seize the Fleece.
See Lamia (mythology).
Nordic mythology
Jörmungandr, alternately the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, of the Norse mythology, is the middle child of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. However, there is nothing to indicate that the Norsemen ever worshipped this or other snake-like beings such as Fafnir.
According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children, Fenrisúlfr, Hel and Jörmungandr. He tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so big that he was able to surround the Earth and grasp his own tail, and as a result he earned the alternate name of the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. Jörmungandr's arch enemy is the god Thor
Australian mythology
In Australia, various Aboriginal mythologies tell of a huge python, known by a variety of names but universally referred to as the Rainbow Serpent, that was said to have created the landscape, embodied the spirit of fresh water, and punished lawbreakers. The Aborigines in southwest Australia called the serpent the Waugyl, while the Warramunga of the east coast worshipped the mythical Wollunqua.[citation needed]
Cambodian mythology
Serpents, or nāgas, play a particularly important role in Cambodian mythology. A well-known story explains the emergence of the Khmer people from the union of Indian and indigenous elements, the latter being represented as nāgas. According to the story, an Indian brahmana named Kaundinya came to Cambodia, which at the time was under the dominion of the naga king. The naga princess Soma sallied forth to fight against the invader but was defeated. Presented with the option of marrying the victorious Kaundinya, Soma readily agreed to do so, and together they ruled the land. The Khmer people are their descendants.[18]
Christian mythology
Contemporary Christian culture identifies the snake as a symbol of evil and of the devil himself. Snake handling is a religious ritual in a small number of Christian churches in the U.S., usually characterized as rural and Pentecostal, particularly the Church of God with Signs Following. Practitioners believe it dates to antiquity and quote the Bible to support the practice, especially:
"They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." (Mark 16:18)
"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." (Luke 10:19)
Hindu mythology
Snake worship refers to the high status of snakes or (nagas) in Hindu mythology. Nāga is the Sanskrit and Pāli word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very large snake, found in Hinduism and Buddhism. The use of the term nāga is often ambiguous, as the word may also refer, in similar contexts, to one of several human tribes known as or nicknamed "Nāgas"; to elephants; and to ordinary snakes, particularly the King Cobra and the Indian Cobra, the latter of which is still called nāg in Hindi and other languages of India. A female nāga is a nāgī. The Snake primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically "reborn". Over a large part of India there are carved representations of cobras or nagas or stones as substitutes. To these human food and flowers are offered and lights are burned before the shrines. Among some South Indians, a cobra which is accidentally killed is burned like a human being; no one would kill one intentionally. The serpent-god's image is carried in an annual procession by a celibate priestess.
The Nairs of Kerala and Tulu Bunts of Karnataka in South India still carry out these ancient customs
At one time there were many prevalent different renditions of the serpent cult located in India. In Northern India, a masculine version of the serpent named Nagaraja and known as the “king of the serpents” was worshipped. Instead of the “king of the serpents,” actual live snakes were worshipped in South India (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 1). The Manasa-cult in Bengal, India, however, was dedicated to the anthropomorphic serpent goddess, Manasa (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 1).
A roadside temple to Snakes, Tamil Nadu, India
Nāgas form an important part of Hindu mythology. They play prominent roles in various legends:
Shesha (Aadi shesha, Ananda) on whom Vishnu does yoga nidra(Ananda shayana).
Vasuki is the king of Nagas.
Kaliya poisoned the Yamuna river where he lived. Krishna subdued Kaliya and compelled him to leave the river. Manasa is the queen of the snakes.Astika is half Brahmin and half naga. Shiva is depicted wearing a snake around his neck.
Nag panchami is an important Hindu festival associated with snake worship which takes place of the fifth day of Shravana (July-August). Snake idols are offered gifts of milk and incense to help the worshipper to gain knowledge, wealth, and fame.
Different districts of Bengal celebrate the serpent in various ways. In the districts of East Mymensing, West Syhlet, and North Tippera, serpent-worship rituals were very similar, however (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 5). On the very last day of the Bengali month Shravana, all of these districts celebrate serpent-worship each year (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 5). Regardless of their class and station, every family during this time created a clay model of the serpent-deity – usually the serpent-goddess with two snakes spreading their hoods on her shoulders. The people worshipped this model at their homes and sacrificed a goat or a pigeon for the deity’s honor (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 5). Before the clay goddess was submerged in water at the end of the festival, the clay snakes were taken from her shoulders. The people believed that the earth these snakes were made from cured illnesses, especially children’s diseases (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 6).
These districts also worshipped an object known as a Karandi (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 6). Resembling a small house made of cork, the Karandi is decorated with images of snakes, the snake goddess, and snake legends on its walls and roof (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 6). The blood of sacrificed animals was sprinkled on the Karandi and it also was submerged in the river at the end of the festival (Bhattacharyya 1965, p. 6).
Korean mythology
In Korean mythology, Eobshin, the wealth goddess, appears as an eared, black snake. Chilseongshin (the Jeju Island equivalent to Eobshin) and her seven daughters are all snakes. These goddesses are deities of orchards, courts, and protect the home. According to the Jeju Pungtorok, "The people fear snakes. They worship it as a god...When they see a snake, they call it a great god, and do not kill it or chase it away." The reason for snakes symbolizing worth was because they ate rats and other pests.[19]
Native American mythology
Quetzalcoatl depicted as a snake devouring a man, from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis.
North America
Some of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas give reverence to the rattlesnake as grandfather and king of snakes who is able to give fair winds or cause tempest. Among the Hopi of Arizona snake-handling figures largely in a dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an Underworld spirit). The rattlesnake was worshipped in the Natchez temple of the sun. The Mound Builders evidently reverenced the serpent, as the Serpent Mound demonstrates, though we are unable to unravel the particular associations.
Native American Indian culture
* Misi-kinepikw ("great snake")—Cree
* Msi-kinepikwa ("great snake")—Shawnee
* Misi-ginebig ("great snake")—Oji-Cree
* Mishi-ginebig ("great snake")—Ojibwe
* Pita-skog ("great snake")—Abenaki
* Sinti lapitta—Choctaw
* Unktehi or Unktehila—Dakota
* Olobit—Natchez
* Uktena—aniyunwiya
Mesoamerica
The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan.
The Maya deity Kukulkan and the Aztec Quetzalcoatl (both meaning "feathered serpent") figured prominently in their respective cultures of origin. Kukulkan (Q'uq'umatz in K'iche' Maya) is associated with Vision Serpent iconography in Maya art.[20] Kukulkan was an official state deity of Itza in the northern Yucatan.[21] In many Mesoamerican cultures, the serpent was regarded as a portal between two worlds.
The worship of Quetzalcoatl dates back to as early as the 1st century BC at Teotihuacan.[22] In the Postclassic period (AD 900-1519), the cult was centered at Cholula. Quetzalcoatl was associated with wind, the dawn, the planet Venus as the morning star, and was a tutelary patron of arts, crafts, merchants, and the priesthood.[23]
South America
The Raimondi Stela from the Chavín Culture, Ancash, Peru depicts a fanged and clawed figure with snakes for hair.
Serpents figure prominently in the art of the pre-Incan Chavín culture, as can be seen at the type-site of Chavín de Huántar in Peru.[24] In Chile the Mapuche mythology featured a serpent figure in stories about a deluge. Lake Guatavita in Colombia also maintains a Cacique legend of a "Serpent God" living in the waters, which the tribe worshiped by placing gold and silver jewelry into the lake.
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 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.
Shenlong: a Chinese dragon thunder god, depicted with a human head and a dragon's body
Sobek: Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god
Suppon No Yurei: A turtle-headed human ghost from Japanese mythology and folklore
Tlaloc: Aztec god depicted as a man with snake fangs
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
Echidna, the wife of Typhon in Greek mythology, was half woman, half snake.
Enchanted Moura from Portuguese and Galician folklore appears as a snake with long blonde hair.
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
Reptilian Humanoids
Some djinn in Islamic mythology are described as alternating between human and serpentine forms.
Nāga: 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.
Kappa: Turtle-like humanoids from Japanese mythology and folklore.
Shokera: A reptilian humanoid from Japanese mythology and folklore.
In cryptozoology - Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:
The Cherufe in Chile
The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina, USA
The Loveland Frog (or Loveland Lizard), in Loveland, Ohio, USA
Jake the Alligator Man, a sideshow gaff in Long Beach, Washington, USA
The Thetis Lake monster in Canada
Flatwoods monster (referred to as the "Lizard Monster" on the March 10, 2010 episode of MonsterQuest)
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
In scientific speculation
The dinosauroid, a hypothetical reptilian humanoid conjectured by palaeontologist Dale Russell
Other speculated sapient dinosaurs
Other reptilian gods
Aušlavis
Damballah
Degei
Glycon
Kadru
Manasa
Nagaraja
Nagaradhane
Nehebkau
Ningizzida
Quetzalcoatl
Rainbow Serpent
Ratumaibulu
Set (serpent god)
Minoan Snake Goddess
Takshaka
Ungud
Vasuki
Wollunqua
Zombi (African god)
See also
Animal worship
Naga (mythology)
Sarpa Kavu
Serpent (symbolism)
Snake Shyam
References
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