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.
A snake-bodied woman rests in dark water with red coils wrapped around herCoiled in a pond, a woman with a silver snake tail rests by heronsA woman with a silver long serpent tail sits in a lotus pond in soft green lightDark eye markings shade a woman with a snake body coiled inside a dim lotus pond with her silver tailA snake woman rests in a silver coil by lotus leavesResting in a misty pond, a snake-bodied woman coils her silver tail in red leavesIn a dim lotus pond, a pale woman rests coiled beside a silver serpent tailA hooded snake-bodied woman sits on stone stairs with dark coils around herSeated straight in a stone ruin, a hooded woman rests within a dark scaled tailA hooded woman sits with a scaly serpent tail coiled around her in warm palace lightWearing a dark hooded robe, a snake-tailed woman rests on the stone steps of a temple hallHooded woman with a dark scaled serpent tail on stone temple stepsCoiled on temple steps, a hooded serpent woman relaxes in dark teal robesIn an ancient stone courtyard, a part-snake woman rests within coiled black scalesA hooded snake-bodied woman with dark scales rests on the steps of a stone templeLeaning back against stone bells, a woman with dark hair rests by a green serpent tailA woman covered in dark reptile scales sits among banyan roots in dappled sunlightLong dark curls frame a woman in a gray robe beside a green snake coiled on a treeA woman with a green winding serpent tail rests in tree rootsLeaning against a tree trunk, a woman wrapped in a thick long snake tail looks forwardBy a row of bells, a serpent woman sits against thick tree rootsA dark-haired woman rests against a thick green snake in front of tree rootsSeated on a carved stone throne, a serpent woman rests between fiery bowlsA serpent woman slithers through desert ruins under bright warm sunlight

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