Naga Yokai

**Naga Yokai** are a variation of the Snake Yokai who are half-human and half-snake.

## Physical Appearance

Some Naga Yokai can have the upper body of a human and the lower body of a snake. Some Naga Yokai may have a more monstrous form. They can come in a variety of colors and patterns.

## Description

Naga Yokai has the ability to shift between and combine features of human and snake in various ways. They are nature spirits (some are worshiped as deities) associated with and protectors of waters, rivers, lakes, seas and wells. They bring rain, and thus fertility and prosperity, and are guardians of treasure, but are also able to cause natural disasters such as floods and drought.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Naga Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Aquatic Adaptation
* Decelerated Aging or Semi-Immortality
* Snake Physiology
	+ Camouflage
	+ Climbing
	+ Constriction
	+ Crushing
	+ Dermal Armor/Scale Manifestation
	+ Enhanced Agility
	+ Enhanced Bite
		- Elastic Jaws
	+ Enhanced Crawling
	+ Enhanced Flexibility/Elasticity
	+ Enhanced Lung Capacity
	+ Enhanced Smell
	+ Enhanced Stealth
	+ Enhanced Strength
	+ Matter Ingestion
	+ Poison Generation
	+ Prehensile Tongue
	+ Seismic Sense
	+ Speed Swimming
	+ Venomous Fangs
* Subterranean Adaptation

### Variations

* Blessing Inducement
* Malleable Anatomy
* Multiple Heads
* Monetary Manipulation
* Regenerative Healing Factor
* Shapeshifting
	+ Human Disguise
* Water Manipulation
* Weather Manipulation

## Pop Culture

In modern setting most naga lack the ability to change their shape freely and are locked into single form that ranges from humanoid head connected to snake-body to more common human torso, snake for legs combination. Similar to that of a lamia who are also human-snake hybrids.

## Variations

### Snake Yokai

Naga Yokai has the lower body of the snake. They can use the same abilities as normal snakes including wrapping their prey with their tails.

### Spirit Yokai

Nagas are nature spirits who are associated with and protectors of waters, rivers, lakes, seas and wells. They bring rain, and thus fertility and protectors of waters, rivers, lakes, seas and wells. They bring rain, and thus fertility and prosperity, and are guardians of treasure, but are also able to cause natural disasters such as floods and drought.

## Life in the Hidden World

Naga Yokai tend to be curious and are malevolent to humans only when they have been mistreated. Because they dwell in lakes and rivers both above and below ground as well as caves, they are susceptible to mankind's disrespectful actions in relation to the environment. So they would attack anyone who dares to attack the environment in a disrespectful way.

## Symbolism

The Nāga or Nagi are divine, semi-divine deities, or a semi-divine race of half-human half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld and can occasionally take human form. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout south Asia for at least two thousand years. They are principally depicted in three forms: wholly human with snakes on the heads and necks, common serpents, or as half-human half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. A female naga is a "Nagi", "Nagin", or "Nagini". Nagaraja is seen as the king of nāgas and nāginis. They are common and hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. They are the children of Rishi Kashyapa and Kadru.