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Aren't they usually depicted as snake-taurs, resulting in having arms? --[[User:NDos|NDos]] ([[User talk:NDos|talk]]) 00:12, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 
Aren't they usually depicted as snake-taurs, resulting in having arms? --[[User:NDos|NDos]] ([[User talk:NDos|talk]]) 00:12, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
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:That's a "modern" interpretation (and yet another justification for what I've been doing to Origin sections on each monster page). Folkloric nagas are frequently of the "snake with human head" type, in the literal sense. --[[User:Umbire the Phantom|Umbire the Phantom]] ([[User talk:Umbire the Phantom|talk]]) 00:16, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

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Aren't they usually depicted as snake-taurs, resulting in having arms? --NDos (talk) 00:12, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

That's a "modern" interpretation (and yet another justification for what I've been doing to Origin sections on each monster page). Folkloric nagas are frequently of the "snake with human head" type, in the literal sense. --Umbire the Phantom (talk) 00:16, 15 July 2023 (UTC)