Fromsnake +‎man.

snakeman (pluralsnakemen)

1. Amythologicalcreature that is partman and partsnake.
   • 1980 November, J.R.L. Reyner, “Edinburgh ’80”, inContinental Film & Video Review, number337 / volume 28, number 1,page17:

     Finally I must mention a film slipped into the Festival at the last momentThe 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, published1985,→ISBN,page89:

     ‘Think you Aberius made thesesnakemen 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,page34:

     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 orsnakemen, 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, orsnakemen, 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,page39:

     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 twosnakemen entered the room.

   • 2005 April,Dragon, number330,page 5:

     Sacred spells of the sinistersnakemen.

   • 2012, Doug Walsh, Rick Barba,Diablo III® Signature Series Guide, DK/BradyGAMES,→ISBN,page188:

     The Hero and Leah arrive in time to see a number ofsnakemen holding Adria hostage.

   • 2015,David Hair,Ascendant’s Rite (The Moontide Quartet; book IV), Jo Fletcher Books, published2016,→ISBN,page45:

     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 thesnakemen 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, page49:

     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 bysnakemen who live in shoes and such.

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