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Medusa is [[Ray Harryhausen|occasionally]] depicted this way.
Snake People may have some aquatic ability as well, either being superior swimmers or actually able to breathe underwater, in which case they would be a subtrope of [[Unscaled Merfolk]], with the best of both worlds. They may or may not talk in [[Sssssnaketalk]]. Similarly, They are often evil because [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]], but like many other [[Cute Monster Girl]]s, [[Dark Is Not Evil]] may come into play. Or they were already villains who just [[Scaled Up|turned into snakes]]. Common features include [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]] (for females) and [[Non-Mammalian Hair]].
Traditionally, Lamia was a Lybian queen who ate children, but [[John Keats]] might have turned her into a snake woman even though she wasn't [[Sadly Mythtaken|originally]], possibly combining her with Lilith, who was associated with the serpent in the Garden of Eden.
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