He’s like an aged man morphed into a serpent, with the head in the middle. It’s hard to really assess totally unless you see it in motion.
I find this pretty interesting. When my friend first showed me footage, my instinct was like “holy heck, is that a Sisuitl!?
A powerful serpent-creature from the Pacific Northwest, it is said to have shapeshifting abilities, powerful magic, and the ability to move through land, sea, and air (And thus the worlds associated; ie, the earth, the realm of the dead in the ocean, and the land in the sky where a lot of magical beings live.) The “Tongues” you see also represent Lightning. And, I have heard of some tales that you instantly die if you look at it… Typically, they are among the most powerful and revered creatures of that region, and there are even stories of people riding one (Usually, they use their shapeshifting abilities to turn into a powerful canoe that retains the instant-death factor.) And, supposedly, you can kill one and wash yourself in it’s blood to absorb some of it’s power
A famous, named one in Winalagalis, serves as a War God to the Kwakwaka'wakw people, on northern Vancouver Island.
This set of abilities does actually resemble a dragon rather closely, although I imagine some people would take offense to that comparison. Now, I’m not saying that this is definitely an inspiration, or anything. The Sisuitl is relatively well-known with regards to that area… For example, it served as a mascot of Greenpeace for a while, and is even a very minor Final Fantasy creature. But on the whole, this mythology is not very known, and the resemblances there could equally be explained by them resembling other Dragon legends.
Still, I was reminded of this, and I just think it’s neat
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