Reptilian humanoid

In mythology, popular fiction, fringe theories, and conspiracy theories, reptilian humanoids are described as intelligent, supernatural, and/or highly developed reptile-like humanoids. Some authors refer to them as reptoids or dinosauroids. They also appear in some conspiracy theories notably that of David Icke.

Mythological references to reptilian humanoids

Several ancient peoples all over the world have described reptilian beings, and some have described reptilian humanoids. Common in numerous mythologies are tales of reptilian creatures (usually not humanoid) who are hostile to human beings. Also rather common are the myths of "Serpents of Wisdom" who enlightened humanity before the dawn of civilization; but it has been noted by mythologists that here "serpent" may only have been used to symbolize strange.

Related Topics:
World - Reptilian - Serpent - Wisdom

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The Americas

The Mayan god Gucumatz was described as a "serpent of wisdom" who enlightened humankind, as was his Aztec counterpart Quetzalcoatl.

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Mayan - Gucumatz - Aztec - Quetzalcoatl

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The Hopi refer to a race of Reptilians called the Sheti, or Snake-Brothers, who live underground. The Cherokee and other Native American peoples also refer to Reptilian races.

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Hopi - Cherokee - Native American

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Europe

Cecrops, the legendary first King of Athens was said to have been half man, half snake. The ancient Titans and Gigantes were sometimes depicted as winged man-like beings with serpents instead of legs, for example on a fresco on a temple in Pergamum. In these images from Pergamum, some of which depict the gigantomachy, one sees the giant Klyteios with huge serpents in place of legs.

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Cecrops - King of Athens - Snake - Titans - Gigantes - Pergamum - Gigantomachy

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Boreas (Aquilon to the Romans) was the Greek god of the cold north wind, described by Pausanias as a winged man with serpents for legs http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gods_of_the_winds.html.

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Boreas - Aquilon - Pausanias

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The European dragon dates back to ancient depictions on various archaeological artifacts. An early instance in literature was the dragon that guarded the Golden Fleece in the Voyage of the Argonauts. In the Middle Ages, tales of dragons seem to have become even more common. The dragon in Europe, as a rule, was not conceived as having a humanoid form, and would not qualify as an instance of a reptilian humanoid unless explicitly described as humanoid.

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European dragon - Golden Fleece - Middle Ages

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In the middle ages down to modern times, the Devil was often conceived as a humanoid with reptilian characteristics, as were demons in general.

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Devil - Demons

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Indian

In Indian scriptures and legends the Naga are reptilian beings said to live underground and interact with human beings on the surface. In some versions, these beings were said to have once lived on a continent in the Pacific Ocean that sank beneath the waves. Indian texts also refer to a reptilian race called the "Sarpa". The Syrictæ (Greek : Skiritai, Latin: Sciritae) of India were a tribe of men with snake-like nostrils in place of noses and bandy serpentine legs.

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India - Naga - Pacific Ocean - Sarpa

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Asia

The Chinese and Japanese speak throughout their history of Lóng (dragons), conceived of in both physical and non-physical forms, but rarely depicted in humanoid form, though they may assume a non-reptilian human form. The Japanese have tales of Kappa, a basically reptilian humanoid.

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Lóng - Kappa

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The first Emperor of China, Huang-Ti, was said to be part Dragon. It was also said that his mother was impregnated by a beam of light emanating from the star Alpha Draconis.

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Huang-Ti - Alpha Draconis

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In China and Japan underwater realms where the Dragon Kings and their descendents live are referred to, as well as the lineage of humans from a race of 'Dragons'.

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Mid-east

In the Middle East, Reptilian beings ranging from certain Jinn to Dragons and Serpent-Men have been spoken of since ancient times. In one of the apocryphal books purporting to be the lost Book of Jasher, a serpent race is described.

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Jinn - Book of Jasher

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Africa

In Africa, the Zulu shamans claim to bear extensive esoteric knowledge of a race of reptilians who they say control the Earth--called the Chitahuri. They also claim to have accounts of a Reptilian race who created Blacks and used them to work their gold mines, extremely similar to the accounts allegedly described in the Sumerian tablets.

Related Topics:
Zulu - Shaman - Chitahuri - Sumerian

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The ancient Egyptian god Sobek was portrayed as a man with the head of a crocodile.

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Australia

Proponents hold that in Australia the aborigines speak of a reptilian race that lives underneath the Earth and governs over men. The Aborigines have spoken of going into the Earth where these beings resided. There they claim there is extensive technology. The Aborigines say that they are descended from a race of dragon-humans that once lived on an enormous continent that spanned the entire Pacific ocean, and that most of it sank beneath the waves in ancient times, but that Australia is a remnant of it, and this is why there are so many reptilian animals there.

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They also hold that an Astral "dreamtime" exists outside of physical reality, which is the foundation of physical reality. Crocodile spirits and other reptilian entities inhabit this "dreamtime", and can be summoned through sound, such as via the Didgeridoo.

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