Phaya Naga - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• The antagonists in Rudyard Kipling's story Riki Tiki Tavi are a pair of cobra by the name of Nag and Nagaina.
• Several Bollywood films have been made on the theme of Nagin (female nāga), including Nagin (1954), Nagin (1976), Nagina (1986), Nigahen (1989), Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani (2002), Hisss (2010), and the television series Naaginn (2007-2009). In the eighth installment of the Tomb Raider series, Tomb Raider: Underworld, features both Nagas and Nagin as primary enemies in the level Bhogovati.
• Slithice the Naga Siren is a playable character in Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2 who incorporates features of the Naga and various Western sea creatures.
• Naga are humanoid sea serpents in the Warcraft computer game series, first appearing in Warcraft III as a non-playable race.
• Nagini is the name of Lord Voldemort's snake in the popular Harry Potter Series written by J. K. Rowling.