Meaning of draconcopedes | Babel Free

Definitions

A legendary being with a human head, and sometimes also human arms and a torso, and the rest of the body of a snake.

Examples

“For old acquaintance-sake we have stopped some little time with the dragon, before passing on to the Draconcopedes. This is the serpent with a woman’s head that tempted Eve.”

“In some European Garden of Eden tales, the woman and the serpent are hybridized into a creature referred to as a draconcopedes.”

“In medieval European folklore the draconcopedes were a species of serpent said to have the body of a snake with the face and breasts of a woman […]”

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