nagas

[badlands]

snake gods or dragons myths?

[starchild]

According to Encyclopedia Mythica™

Nagas
by Micha F. Lindemans
In Hindu myth, nagas are a primeval race of divine serpent-people that play an important part in religion. They are half human and half snake, and are still worshipped as the bringers of fertility, especially in southern India. Nagas are believed to live in palaces (Patala) in the underground city Bhogavati. They are considered the protectors of springs, wells and rivers. They bring rain, and thus fertility, but are also thought to bring disasters such as floods and drought. Their ruler is Sesha. Some of the nagas are: Ananta (symbol of eternity), Vasuki, Manasa (fertility goddess and protector against snake-bites), and Mucilinda.
In the myths of Malay mariners, nagas are a many-headed dragons of enormous size.

On Java and Thailand, a naga is a mythical serpent or dragon, a serpent-god, a ruler of the netherworld who possesses immense wealth. In Java it is also called Sesa. In Thailand, a naga is often sculpted in temples as a dragon with five heads. It is the symbol of Narayana.



Personally, all I have read indicated gods.. immortal and usually benevolent to those who worship it. And like the Greek Gods have a pantheon all their own

[august]

I go with choice c: hot seductive babes in the Piers Anthony Xanth series.

[RobRoy]

Originally Posted by august

I go with choice c: hot seductive babes in the Piers Anthony Xanth series.

Wasn't that the majority of females in Anthony's Xanth series?

[august]

Well, yeah.... but there was Okra the Ogress I think... also Iris the Sorceress, who was fairly frumpy and shrewish when not using her power of illusion... and Smash Ogre's mother the Curse-Fiend (who surely couldn't have been that attractive, at least not to anyone other than an ogre.) Oh, and the Sea-Hag, who was old and ugly, and wanted to possess the new young beautiful body of Rapunzel. And the Gorgon, who was beautiful and seductive from the neck down, but no one could appreciate it since her face turned them to stone the minute they saw her! Oh, and then there was Electra, Nada the Naga's best friend, who was cute, but sort of skinny and tomboy-ish, and not seductive at all. So there were a few.