snakeman

English edit

Etymology edit

From snake +‎ man.

Noun edit

snakeman (plural snakemen)

A mythological creature that is part man and part snake.
- 1980 November, J.R.L. Reyner, “Edinburgh ’80”, in Continental Film & Video Review, number 337 / volume 28, number 1, page 17:
  Finally I must mention a film slipped into the Festival at the last moment The Monster Club directed by Roy Ward Baker, an amusing parody of horror movies with vampires, werewolves, snakemen, waspwomen, ghouls and other weird creatures enjoying themselves to the beat of pop music.
- 1982, Robert Jordan, Conan the Invincible, Sphere Books, published 1985, →ISBN, page 89:
  ‘Think you Aberius made these snakemen out of air, to cover his wanting to turn back?’ ‘He tells the truth with a face that shouts lie, yet this time I think he may actually have seen something. That’s not to say it was what he says it was. Ah, I know not, Conan. Snakes that walk like men.’
- 1987, Piers Anthony, Out of Phaze, Ace/Putnam, →ISBN, page 34:
  And the man turned out to be only the head of a man. The body was that of a monstrous python, undulating through the water. Mach had thought this was a dream. But he had never heard or read of either pigmen or snakemen, and his computer-type brain was not strong on creative imagination.
- 1994, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons®, 2^nd Edition: Monstrous Compendium® Annual‎^[1], volume one, TSR, Inc., →ISBN:
  Ophidia, or snakemen, look like large snakes with humanoid arms and hands, but they aren’t long and slender like true snakes. […] Snakemen have little in the way of religion, though groups often “worship” the naga, dragon, or giant constrictor snake with whom they associate, bringing food and presents to them.
- 2003, Craig C. McCabe, The Cornerstone, 1^st Books, →ISBN, page 39:
  There were four of his men in the room, two birdmen, a fish and a wolfman. That meant five against an unknown amount, until more entered the room. He took a step backward, as two snakemen entered the room.
- 2005 April, Dragon, number 330, page 5:
  Sacred spells of the sinister snakemen.
- 2012, Doug Walsh, Rick Barba, Diablo III® Signature Series Guide, DK/BradyGAMES, →ISBN, page 188:
  The Hero and Leah arrive in time to see a number of snakemen holding Adria hostage.
- 2015, David Hair, Ascendant’s Rite (The Moontide Quartet; book IV), Jo Fletcher Books, published 2016, →ISBN, page 45:
  A palpable sense of superstitious awe was generated by her words: though the emir’s people were Amteh, most would know something of Omali mythology and the tales of the snakemen who helped the gods to create the world – though she doubted any here would ever have believed in them.
- 2023, Roblox: Create and Conquer!, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 49:
  Purple Skittles is an adventure game where you play as a thing called Timothy and must traverse an odd landscape where your path is frequently blocked by snakemen who live in shoes and such.