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Bata
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Region: Egypt
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: None
Sources: Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins

Notes:
  • Snake the 4 human bodies and 4 pairs of legs at either end. Conceived as a snake.
Tale:

Isis or Nephthys is Bata's wife "but in flight from Sea she is the hero's wife attacked by a lecherous dragon." (Source: Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins, pg 192)

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