Reptilian People

Throughout the ages, mankind has had some interesting relationships and encounters with snakes both in nature and in folklore. The snake, as well as some other reptiles, has been a symbol since Biblical times when Eve was tempted by a malevolent serpent like being in the Garden of Eden.

Snakes in Folklore, Myths, and Legends

Snakes have been central characters in many myths and legends. Some people believe that the unblinking and lidless eyes make them seem intelligent to some people, who believe they live by logic and reason instead of instinct. But they believe that intelligence is alien to humans.

The Hopi people considered snakes as fertility symbols and celebrate the annual snake dance to tell of the marriage of Snake Youth (a sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an underworld spirit). Live snakes are handled during the dance and then released to guarantee a good harvest for the year.

Some cultures use the snake to signify the human umbilical cord that joins humans to the Earth, while others, such as the people of Crete, worshiped snakes as the guardians of the mysteries of birth. Some even consider snakes as immortal due to finding them apparently reborn since they shed their skins and emerge as new beings.

Modern Mysteries

There are some beliefs that there is a race of Reptile people that live under the Earth. This is part of the Hollow Earth theory that has been bantered around for centuries. The Hopi have legends of Ant people and Snake people (reptilian people) that live under the earth.

Reptilian humanoids are common in stories in folklore, myth and conspiracy theories, as well as UFO fans. They are said to look like people, but can shape shift into their reptile form as desired. Some go so far as to believe that the reptilian people have taken over world politics and prominent figures like Queen Victoria, President Bush, or Tony Blair.

Some say they come from other planets, while others say they are native to Earth and have always lived underground. There is some credence given to this theory, since there are native legends like the Hopi of a snake or lizard- like people living underground.

Another story that Reptilian people believers point to is one from the Angeles Times on January 29, 1934. Geophysical mining engineer G. Warren Shufelt was sad to have found tunnels under the city of Los Angeles, and taken x-ray pictures of some of them. He met a man named L. Macklin, who went by the Hopi of Little Chief Greenleaf. Macklin told Shufelt of a Hopi legend of Lizard People, who were supposed to have a city under Los Angeles that was built over 5,000 years ago. He tried to find it, but the shaft he and his men dug filled up with water at the 250 ft mark and they never tried again.

Whatever the case, there are several other stories of a lizard or snake like people living underground. The Aztecs believed that the underworld was protected by pythons that a person’s spirit had to get around before it could pass on, and the Sioux had legends of three brothers who turned into snakes and helped their human relatives.

And of course there is the half-woman, half-snake gorgon of Greek myth who could turn someone to stone with a look, as well as myths from India about human headed snakes called nagas that lived in jewel encrusted palaces underground. These are just a few of similar stories of underground cities with snake or lizard like people both good and evil.

Snake Gods of Legend

Snake-gods were usually some sort of shape shifter, which may also give credence to the more modern legends of snake people. Snake god spirits in North American legend were said to be able to change back and forth from human to snake bodies. One of these was the Aztec snake god Quetzalcatl, who they kept under control by human sacrifices. Egypt too had snake gods such as Mehen who was said to assist Ra, and Nehebkau, a two-headed snake god that guarded the underworld.

And of course, the Biblical story where Satan appears to Eve as a large snake and convinces her to eat of the tree of knowledge and thus go against God’s will. She and Adam were then banned from paradise and the Garden of Eden. This story is why people in the west usually see snakes as evil and bad.

Decide for Yourself

All in all there are many legends and stories about snakes and reptilian people, some good and some evil. The way people think about snakes usually depends on the culture they were brought up in, as they are revered in some and hated in others.

Whether or not any of the legends give truth to the current idea that there may be a race of humanoid reptilian people living under Los Angles is debatable, but unproven so far. We each have to decide for ourselves how we will think of the snake.

Friend, foe or just one of God’s creatures, the answer depends on who and where you are.

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