List of reptilian humanoids

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Reptilian humanoids, also called Lizard Men, Lizard People or Snake people, comprise a common motif in creation mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology and cryptozoology.^[1]

Contents 1 In mythology 2 In cryptozoology 3 In ufology and conspiracy theories 4 In fiction 5 Other 6 Notes

[edit] 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.
• Sarpa (Devanagari: सर्प)
• The Serpent: character from the Biblical creation myth occasionally depicted with legs, and identified with Satan.
• The White Snake: a figure from Chinese folklore

[edit] In cryptozoology

Purported reptilian humanoid cryptids include:

• The Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp in South Carolina
• The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
• The Thetis Lake monster in Canada
• The Cherufe in Chile

[edit] In ufology and conspiracy theories

• Reptilian extraterrestrials appear in some claims of alien encounters and in the conspiracy theories of David Icke
• Lemurians, reptilian humanoids in the writings of Helena Blavatsky

[edit] In fiction

Examples of fictional reptilian humanoids include:

Doctor Who

• C'rizz
• Draconians
• Ice Warriors
• Silurians and Sea Devils

Star Trek

• Cardassians
• Gorn
• Jem'Hadar
• Voth
• Tosk
• Xaranite
• reptilian Xindi
• Alphan Reptilian Biped from Alpha III
• Saurian from Sauria
• Berengarian Dragon from Berengaria

in comics

• The Lizard, a Marvel Comics supervillain
• Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman

in games

• Lizardfolk, kobolds and Yuan-ti from Dungeons & Dragons
• Reptile, a character in the game Mortal Kombat

Other examples

• Sleestaks from Land of the Lost
• Trandoshans from Star Wars
• Visitors from V
• Serpent Men from Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian series

[edit] Other

• 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

[edit] Notes