Reptilian humanoids, also called Lizard Men or Lizard People, comprise a common motif in creation mythology, folklore, science fiction, fantasy, conspiracy theories, ufology and cryptozoology.[1]
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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
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
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 fiction
Examples of fictional reptilian humanoids include:
- in comics
- The Lizard, a Marvel Comics supervillain
- Killer Croc, an enemy of Batman
- Stegron from the Marvel Comics universe
- Serpent-Men from the Marvel universe.
- 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 the works of Robert E. Howard
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
Notes
- ^ The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology. Penguin Group. 2008. pp. 252-254. ISBN 1592577644. http://books.google.com/books?id=f-RsCs5dJRwC&pg=PA252#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- ^ Gods of the Winds
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