History Main / SnakePeople

** Nagas are giant serpents with the arms, heads and torsos of reptilian humanoids. They are found on the planes of Tarkir -- where they are the rulers of the Sultai Brood, a clan of necromancers, sorcerers and assassins who inhabit the plane's swamps and jungles -- and Amonkhet -- where they are visually based on cobras, although some have elements of other snakes such as [[https://scryfall.com/card/hou/134/sidewinder-naga sidewinders]]. Previoulsy a dedicated in-game creature type, in 2023 they were mechanically retconned into being snakes (matching species like Leonin and Aven, who are mechanically cats and birds respectively but their own species in-lore).

** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': ''Detective Comics'' #514-517 features a villain named Lady Viper who is a naga. In issue #516 she bites Batgirl, who later has a nightmare in which she has grown her own serpent tail replacing her legs. She awakens later relieved it was a dream only to [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZDt9nzS2gXs/Tu3sArARYtI/AAAAAAAAXa0/Trr1_C2YB08/s1600/scan105.jpg discover to her horror that she has become half snake in reality as well]]. In issue #517 Batgirl in her naga form manages to defeat Lady Viper and finds a way to become human again.

*** During "The Witch and the Warrior" [[Characters/WonderWomanVillains Circe]] transforms Batman into a giant snake with a human torso and head.

** The Viper ([[ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} Madame Hydra]]), a regular foe of [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]], launched a hostile takeover of the Serpent Society so she could use them to carry out a plot against Washington, D.C.: to poison the population and turn them all into Snake People. Slither was her right-hand man for the operation.

-->'''WAS ONCCCCCCCCEEEEEE A MAN!'''

* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', like its [[VideoGame/DarkSouls predecessor series]], has Man-Serpents, though this time they are much more serpent than man, essentially just being man-sized snakes with arms and legs. Found exclusively in the seedy underbelly of Volcano Manor, they are one of Lord Rykard's blasphemous creations, and are created [[BestialityIsDepraved exactly how you think they are]]. They wield magma-infused curved swords and whips, can comically [[RubberMan stretch their entire bodies like an accordion]], and there is exactly one who is a sorcerer and wears a giant egg on his head for some reason (which actually functions surprisingly well to block your attacks). [[spoiler:The Manor's scout, Rya, is actually a Woman-Serpent named Zorayas in a human disguise, who despite being affiliated with an assassin's guild that aims to destroy the gods themselves, manages to be [[BenevolentMonsters one of the sweetest and most innocent characters in the entire game]]]].

** The series has the Tsaesci, supposedly a race of "Snake Vampires" complete with serpentine lower bodies, native to [[{{Wutai}} Akavir]], a continent far to the east of Tamriel. However, other sources indicate that they are are a race of Men little different than those in Tamriel. We [[MultipleChoicePast likely won't know for sure]] until they [[TheUnseen make an appearance in-game]] (and possibly not even then, as some sources leave open the possibility that there are ''both'' men and serpent people called Tsaesci).

* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' has Tiamat, one of the eight Guardians of the ruins. She's a powerful RealityWarper and has eleven monstrous children, who act as minibosses in the area she resides in.
** The [[VideoGameRemake remake]] reveals that the First Children were snake people, and {{retcon}}s [[spoiler:the Mother]] into having a more serpentine form. [[VideoGame/LaMulana2 The sequel]] reveals that [[spoiler:bipedalism was actually a trait introduced by [[AncientAstronauts alien interlopers]]]].

* ''VideoGame/TecmoKnight'' ends the second stage with a DualBoss against two humongous snake-women, who slithers all around the arena while laying [[ProjEggTile bouncing eggs that explodes on you]].

* ''Webcomic/TheWotch'': Both the [[http://www.thewotch.com/comics/2005/03/20050325.jpg title character]] and the writer Anne Onymous have been portrayed as shapechanged into the form of a naga.

* Japanese artist Ogitsune (a.k.a. Anakakecya-han), known for his {{Moe Personification}}s of warships and military vehicles, [[http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=32520619 personified the American P-39 Airacobra]] sporting a snake's tail, CuteLittleFangs, and mechanical wings.

* The titular location in [[https://www.deviantart.com/hypnosishannon Hyponsishannon's]] WebOriginal/EscapeFromTheHypnoJungle is home to lamias and nagas alike. In Chapter 10, it's revealed that the jungle was home to humans and hypnotic snakes, and that the lamias were the result of the snakes and human women breeding ([[{{HotSkittyOnWailordAction}} somehow]]). The babies who inherit mainly human-like traits are known as "Split-Lamias," as if they took the tail and split it down the middle.

* ''Blog/CodexInversus'': Nagas, humanoid serpents, are among the inhabitants of the Beasts' Nations. They are known to be excellent cooks, thanks to their keen sense of smell and ability to sense heat, but their lack of chewing teeth means that Naga cousine is perforce heavy on soups, eggs, and food chopped into small pieces.

** ''Anime/SDGundamForce''[='s=] take on the Scorpio from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' (which appears exclusively in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game) is another mechanical example.

* ''VideoGame/WindChildBlack'' gives us Echiradne "Ecchi" Abraxurxes, a long-lived sorceress who has slept for the last 10,000 years. Despite other characters calling her a 'lamia,' including herself, her people are actually a race called the Urush, an isolated and patriarchal society living in large underground cities in the desert.

* ''Webcomic/EerieCuties'': Brooke is a 14 year old Melusine (now 15, as of the timeskip) with the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting voluntarily shift into]] [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/thick_scales! snake form.]] Though she's ashamed of it and would rather her friends [[http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/going_through_a_phase not know about it]], which is why she prefers to remain in human form -- [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry unless provoked]].

-->''The Church of Vasra, God of Serpents and Secrets, is headquartered here. Long ago, a fundamentalist movement in Vedris prompted the faithful to undergo magical transformations into snake-human hybrids to prove their devotion. This magical alteration has bred true and now nearly 50% of the population are snake people.''\\
--Extract from the ''Encyclopedia Ardrisia''

* ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'': Latika is a naga.%%And?

* ''WebAnimation/TheLastLamia'' has the titular lamias, half-women, half snake creatures that have existed since ancient times and with the power to control minds. However, after a genocide, there is only one remaining: the titular Lani.

* ''WesternAnimation/SummerMemories'': One minor character that shows up from time to time in the show is Snake, a red naga in a business suit who bears a strong resemblance to Tim. He sometimes comes to Tim to try to coerce him into being a villain.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' references snake people by name in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E31KeepBeachCityWeird "Keep Beach City Weird"]], with [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Ronaldo]] even providing the page quote; however, Ronaldo's "sneople" theory [[CallAPegasusAHippogriff is closer to the concept of]] [[ReptilianConspiracy reptilians]] than this trope, as he believes they're shapeshifters that usually look like humans.