In Greek mythology, Echidna (/ɪˈkɪdnə/; Greek: Ἔχιδνα, "She-Viper") was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters of Greek myth.
Medusa and the Gorgons
In Greek mythology, the Gorgons were snake women whose gazes would turn people to stone; they had serpents for hair, long claws, sharp teeth and scales covering their bodies. According to some myths, Medusa, the most famous of the Gorgons, was originally a beautiful woman.
There are accounts of human(oids) who were PART snake, e.g., Gorgons, and any mixed species creature can be called a Chimera. A half-human half-snake is called a Naga. The are generally depicted as a snake with the head of a human.
Echidna possessed the upper half of a woman and the lower body of a serpent. Echidna was a fearsome monster who is known as the mother of monsters, as she and her mate, Typhon created several monstrous offspring. Echidna's children are some of the most feared and famous monsters to be found in Greek mythology.
Medusa is generally described as a human female with living venomous snakes in place of hair; those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto.
Naga are very magical human-snake hybrids who come from India. Naga usually take the form of creatures with humanoid upper bodies and snake tails instead of legs.
The snakelike Nagas are not figures of evil like the serpent of Christian stories. Although some stories describe Nagas as Garuda's enemies, whom he perpetually punishes, Nagas are also worshiped in their own right.
The female nagas (naginis or nagis) are serpent princesses of striking beauty.
Though this is not a common trait and can be pretty rare in nature, two-headed snakes can come from a mutation in the reproduction process. This condition is known as bicephaly. Bicephaly translates to “bi,” meaning two, and “cephaly,” meaning head. Bicephaly occurs when there is an incomplete splitting of an embryo.
Medusa, in Greek mythology, the most famous of the monster figures known as Gorgons. She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful.
Within the Greek Dionysiac cult it signified wisdom and was the symbol of fertility. Barry Powell suggested that the "snake goddess" reduced in legend into a folklore heroine was Ariadne (whose name might mean "utterly pure" or "the very holy one"), who is often depicted surrounded by Maenads and satyrs.
Snakes have been associated with Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic and the lower world.
Kadru is best known as the mother of the nagas, the race of serpents. The Nāgas: Sons: Kaliya, Takshaka, Shesha, Vasuki, Karkotaka etc. Legends of Kadru detail her relationship with her elder sister Vinata, who was also one of Kashyapa's many wives.
Cecrops- Greek myth: a half man half snake king of Athens. he reigned for 50 years. he had no parents and was believed to have been form from the earth.
The androgyne (from the Greek andros, "man," and gune, "woman") is a creature that is half male and half female.
This makes her look very much like a naga, but normally Medusa is classed as a gorgon.
In Sanskrit, the term nāga literally means snake, but in Java it normally refer to serpent deity, associated with water and fertility. In Borobudur, the nagas are depicted in their human form, but elsewhere they are depicted in animal shape.
Nagas are found in both Hindu and Burmese mythology. In the Burmese lore can have the form of either a snake or a dragon. Often, though, they are giant dragons, whose domain is either under the earth or the sea.
Naga can mate with Humans, and their own kind. This will result in a Naga child. It has also been found that Naga which mate with Angels, Demons, or Witches/Wizards result in children that possess some magical capabilities.
They bring rain and thus fertility and prosperity and are guardians of treasure, but are also able to cause natural disasters such as floods and drought when angered. Nagas tends to be curious and benevolent toward humans unless they have been mistreated or provoked.
Naga is known as the "Queen City of Bicol" due to the historical significance of Naga in the Bicol Region; as the "Heart of Bicol", due to its central location on the Bicol Peninsula; and as the "Pilgrim City," as Naga is also the destination of one of the largest Marian pilgrimages in Asia to the shrine of Our Lady of ...
Male snakes have a pair of tube-shaped hemipenes (sex organs) that normally sit inside their bodies. They are basically two small penises that are kept safe inside the snake's tail. Female snakes do not have hemipenes.
Werecat – A creature that is part cat, part human, or switches between the two. Werehyena - A creature that is part hyena, part human, or switches between the two.
In snakes (class Reptilia; order Squamata), the genitalia are elaborate and unique. Male snakes possess paired intromittent copulatory organs, termed hemipenes, and females accordingly have hemiclitores, as well as vaginal pouches (Gredler et al.