Han artists lent the bodies of snakes and dragons to representations of the ancient emperor Fu Hsi and the goddess Nu Wa. Even the Mother Goddess of the West is depicted as a monster with tiger fangs, dishevelled hair and a leopard's tail.
漢代畫家畫中屢見不鮮的伏羲、女媧，腰部以下大多畫做蛇或龍軀，連西王母在記載裡也是個口長虎牙、披頭散髮、豹尾豹嘯的怪物。