Jane: It is as if I have draped myself in a penis! —Nobody Scores

Despite the title, this is not referring to the tastes of certain members of theFurry Fandom (though they might enjoy it too). Simply put, there is something about snakes that inspires our worst fears and greatest dreams. Maybe it's their graceful way of moving, their cool, dispassionate gaze, the smoothness of their scales. Maybe it's the fangs, the way they flick their tongues, or the way they wrap tightly around you in a kind of slinky hug. Maybe it's the fact that they're inherently dangerous, even if they can't actually hurt you.

Or maybe it's the way the undulating motion of a snake resembles the instinctive motion of a woman's hips when she is enjoying herself during sex. Whatever the reason, in any situation not emphasizingReptiles Are Abhorrent, snakes are used as a symbol of sexuality. In short:Snakes are Sexy.

Depending on the mythology you reference, theLamia orNaga are pretty much the epitome of this. The Lamia is often described asa creature with the body of a snake, and the head, arms, and torso of a human, and are rarely depicted as anything other than incredibly attractive, if not naturally malevolent. The Naga also fits the former's description, but is otherwise depicted as having the entire body of a snake, with the head taking on a human-like face.^[1] Often they areshape-shifters,capable of taking a human or serpentine form.The Western interpretation of Naga is where you get the sexy snakes.

See alsoFeather Boa Constrictor, for snakes worn draped over the shoulders, which often overlaps with this trope.

Anime andManga

• InNaruto, Orochimaru has ridiculous amounts of symbolism with snakes, summons snakes, andturns into a giant snakemade of smaller snakes. He's aComplete Monster whoslithered off the Slippery Slope long before the story began, and yet he hasa huge fan-following.
  • Also his students Kabuto and Anko.
• Adiane inTengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is ascorpion-woman, but she also has some elements of this, mostly flicking her tongue out like a snake.
• Not a real snake, but Naga the White Serpent fromSlayers has a name that invokes this.
• Boa Hancock fromOne Piece is drop-dead gorgeous. No man (exceptLuffy) can resist her beauty. She has the power toturn them to stone as a result of this andhas a giant snake as her 24/7 personal attendant.
  • Her sisters, on the other hand,subvert this trope...hard.
  • In at least one story, Boa tried to seduce Luffy by disrobing with the snake coiled around her.
• Medusa Gorgon, one of the primary antagonists ofSoul Eater, definitely plays this up when she's not actively distorting her features for the hell of itor riding around in a 5 year old girl's body as a method of cheating death.
• InWolfs Rain, Hub talks to a woman wearing revealing lingerie and a snake around her neck while investigating. He seemed less distracted by her sexiness and more distracted by his allergies to snakes.
• InFelarya, Nagas are one of the main races. Disturbingly, they are very humanlike, tend to have a carefree disposition, and eat humans.
• InRosario + Vampire, Hitomi Ishigami and Kagome Ririko are both snake monsters.
• Cobra and his snake Cuberious/Kinana fromFairy Tail.
• Bleach has Sun-Sung.
• Mizuki fromKamisama Kiss is aWhite-Haired Pretty Boy who can turn into a snake.
• Benisato fromNinja Scroll is a seductress who uses snakes to kill her victims. She also has snake tattoos all over her body, which we know because she spends most of her scenes totally nude. And then there's herlast ditch snake...
  • "That one is particularly deadly."
• Echidna fromQueen's Blade has a snake motif and her pet snake, Keltan is her underwear.
• InDaily Life with Monster Girl, Lamias (such as Miia and her mother) are quite attractive.

Art

• Boris Vallejo has, naturally, drawn some very sexy Snake Women, like inthis painting. (Warning, very NSFW.)

Comic Books

• The Delphyne Gorgon fromIncredible Hercules.

Fan Works

• Naga Eyes.^[context?]

Film

• Lair of the White Worm. The sexyBig Bad Lady Marsh (Amanda Donohoe) acts in a snakelike manner (including dancing and swaying to music), can change into a partially snake-like form and has a giant snake as her deity.
• Thulsa Doom, theBig Bad from theConan the Barbarian movie. He turns into a snake during the orgy, (one assumes forsome fun).
• In the film of Cole Porter'sMusicalCan-Can, in the "Adam and Eve" ballet, the Snake in the Garden of Eden is played as a very sexy woman.
• Salma Hayek's snake dance inFrom Dusk till Dawn.
• Zhora inBlade Runner is working as an exotic dancer using a robot snake as a prop.
• Medusa fromClash of the Titans remake is half-woman, half-snake,all sexy.
• Who can forget Viper fromKung Fu Panda? And voiced byLucy Liu no less!
• Green Snake is about two shapeshifting snakes who, in human form, look like beautiful maidens. One of them is played byMaggie Cheung.

Literature

• In theChronicles of Narnia novelThe Silver Chair, the Emerald Witch transforms into a poisonous serpent.
  • After she tried tocorrupt the protagonistsintoshunningAslan...
• InMaking Money Moist thinks that his girlfriend can sashay in a way that could put snakes to shame.
• Salmissra, Queen of the Snake People in theBelgariad.
• Crowley.Oh my God,Crowley.
• A variation in theXanth novels is the Python of Mount Parnassus, an immense snake capable of swallowing live humans whole (with ease), who also has the ability to control any woman through the power of sexiness... which makes no sense, but hey,it's Xanth.
• Also from Piers Anthony, one minor character in theIncarnations of Immortality series is a dancer named Pythia, whose act involves dancing suggestively with a snake before letting itswallow her whole (she makes sure to use an ointment that'll keep her from being digested or suffocated). Yes, it's most certainly played forFetish Fuel.
• A Merritt's novelThe Face in the Abyss has Ananda the Snake Mother, a beautiful silver-haired naga with pearly, heart-shaped scales.

Live-Action TV

• WhenEmma Peel ofThe Avengersdebuted in the Hellfire Club as the Queen of Sin, she had a live snake wrapped around her arm.
• Ruthie, the snake charmer fromCarnivale. She's not evil, but she is aChristmas Cake whoReally Gets Around.

Music

• Most obviously, explicitlyFreudian example ever:Here Comes The Snake by Cherry Poppin' Daddies.

"Here comes the snake and he circles your leg." "He's come to play and make your body parts shake."

• The music video Engel by Rammstein has a dancer who uses a snake as a prop.
• Monster Magnet has a song calledSnake Dance on one of their earlier albums,Spine of God.

Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends

• The Snake in the Chinese zodiac is associated with sexuality, to the point where calling a woman 'a snake' in Japan is a compliment.
• Medusa, aside from the snake hair, is usually depicted rather sexually.
  • In modern days at least. In ancient times?Eh,notso much.

Tabletop Games

• InDungeons and Dragons has both Nagas (snake with a human head), Mariliths^[2] (human head and torso, snake tail, and six arms), and Yuan-ti.

Video Games

• Naga Sirens inWarcraft III: Four-armed snake-women whosequotes show them as the "seducing sailors off boats" type.
  • To say nothing of their queen,Azshara, aHot Goddess.
• Cloud of Darkness fromDissidia Final Fantasy. Although they are called tentacles, they have a clear snake-like appearance and even have eyes and mouths resembling a snakes. The tentacles just add to CoD'sallure. Other (andOlder Than They Think) examples would Marilith, themulti-armed Fiend ofFire fromthe first game, and the Lamia Queen fromII.
• Bleu/Deis fromBreath of Fire.
• Medusa, theBig Bad ofKid Icarus,as seen inUprising. It's heavily implied that this was Medusa's original form beforePalutena, Goddess of Light cursed her for tormenting humans,as seen when Medusa dies in the original game. Overlaps withHot Goddess, as Medusa was the Goddess of Darkness.
• One of the female costume options inRock Band 2 is a top that consists of a large snake that covers the character's breastsand nothing else.

Web Comics

• Kwaii fromDrowtales.
• Jane Doe fromNobody Scoresunderstands this trope.
• Kin fromGoblins is an example of this - she's a yuan-ti, so she looks human from the waist up, but has a snake tail. In her early appearances, she's essentially wearing a bikini top, which is revealed to be a case ofGo-Go Enslavement, but she quickly changes into something more modest when the opportunity arises.

Web Original

• Amali fromThe Last Lamia wears a strapless top that leaves little to the imagination. It doesn’t stop her from being scary in her first appearance though. She was originally intending on eating Jason, and admits to have eaten other humans in the past. Fortunately, she decides to spare Jason’s life instead, though it helps that he is marooned on the island with her and can’t tell anyone else about her.

Other Media

• There'san entire fetish related to being hypnotized byDisney's Kaa hypnotizing
• AnyCute Monster Girl orGorgeous Gorgon take onSnake People often plays up this trope.
• The paintingLilith, by John Collier.

Real Life

• SomeBelly Dancers use snakes as props during their shows, with one providing the page image - naturally, this takes some amount of training to avoid harming the snakeor the dancer.

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