In the temple myths of South and Southeast Asia the nagas guard water, shrines and hidden treasure, and this is my collection of the women of that people. Each frame is a different naga woman: a human face, arms and figure, and from the waist down one long serpent tail in jade green, violet, silver, bronze or copper-red scales. She is never a woman wearing a snake – the tail is her. Coiled around a broken pillar in a flooded temple under shafts of light, rising from a lotus pool in pink dawn mist, gliding past herons in a river delta, resting among the roots of a banyan tree hung with temple bells, or enthroned under a cobra hood between burning braziers. Gold collars, silk wraps and jeweled crowns. Ancient, regal and watchful. Created by Jeff Dupler, using the latest in AI technology.

Naga Women Art – Serpent Guardians of the Temples

The nagas of temple myth as women - a human face and figure above one long serpent tail, coiled around temple pillars, lotus pools and stone thrones.
Coiled in thick tree roots, a serpent woman pauses beneath heavy bronze bellsA red-haired serpent woman lies against her coiled tail in dim blue lightA red-scaled bodice dresses a part-snake woman coiled among white flowers at nightA woman with a snake body sits in dark woods with coiled reddish scalesRising through white flowers, a serpent woman twists her scaly red tail in dim lightIn a dark garden, a red-haired serpent woman rests among flowersA red-haired serpent woman twists her scaly tail through dark flowers at nightTurned sideways in a dark garden, a serpent woman curves her scaled tail upwardA serpent woman arches her scaled tail through the dark woods in moonlightA hooded serpent woman with red scales rests on desert sand in warm sunlightA hooded snake woman coils on sand by carved rocksLeaning over a giant coiled snake, a dark-haired woman rests in warm sandIn desert sand, a hooded woman with a snake body with scaled coils looks forwardA cobra woman with brown scales slithers forward on the desert sandCoiled in sandy temple ruins, a hooded woman rests her scaled tailA serpent woman rests on desert sand, her red and white scales lit by warm sunWith dark braided hair, a serpent woman crawls across sand past stone statuesA woman wrapped in wet black serpent coils by stone ruinsResting in deep stone ruins, a serpent woman sits framed by black coilsIn stone temple ruins, a seated woman rests inside coils of a black snakeA dark-skinned woman sits wrapped in a black coiled snake tail by stone ruinsSeated on a dark ancient stone throne, a serpent woman rests between twin fire bowlsA serpent woman sits on a stone throne with green scales wrapped around her in firelightDraped in dark gray silk, a snake woman rests on a carved heavy stone throne beside open fires

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