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.
Serpent woman with coiled green scales sitting on a dark throneSitting on a dark throne between fires, a serpent woman coils her green tail below herOn a stone throne, a serpent woman sits hooded beneath a cobra headA woman with a green winding snake tail sits on a heavy stone throne near torch fireSeated on a dark carved stone throne, a serpent woman relaxes between twin fire bowlsA serpent woman rises from lily pads under soft evening lightA braided silver-haired serpent woman coils her green scaled tail in a lily pondA woman with braided hair and a green snake tail in a lotus pondResting in a shallow lily pond, a pale woman coils her long green coiled serpent tailIn a dark lotus pool, a woman with white hair sits inside green serpent coilsA pale woman in white rests in a dark pond beside a green scaly dragonResting in a forest pool, a woman with a green coiled serpent tail looks outA serpent woman sits on a stone pillar in green water under soft overhead sunbeamsA dark crown sits on a serpent woman whose purple scaled body coils through green waterA serpent woman with purple scales coiled in green temple waterCoiling around a stone pillar in water, a woman with a purple long serpent tail looks upwardIn a stone temple pool, a woman sits coiled beside a dark red snake bodyA serpent woman rests her scaly coils on a stone ruin in green waterCoiled in dark serpent scales, a woman rests in a flooded stone ruinA serpent woman wades through green water under soft beams of sunlightWearing a dark red coat, a serpent woman lies her silver tail in a shadowy lotus pondA cobra woman with red scales rests in dark waterCoiled in dark water, a woman with red scales and a cobra hood gazes forwardIn a dark jungle pool, a snake-bodied woman rests her red and black scaled tail

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