This week's update is jellyfish and snakes. Snakes make sense for a swamp, but do jellyfish? "Barely" is the answer, as there is a species of freshwater jellyfish that can be found in coastal swamps. Naturally, it looks nothing like this jellyfish.
But who's the jellyfish-headed man? That's Ym (or Yam), god of the primordial waters from Ugaritic texts.
Next is a bizarre creature called Muidris. She fought against Fergus mac Leti, who was able to fight on a more even keel with her thanks to water-walking shoes.
Next are some big bad boss snakes.
First we have Xiangliu, from Chinese mythology. This nine-headed snake monster caused floods. He is a priest of the water god Gonggong, and everything he breathes upon rots into a sickly bog of putrescence.
After that is Shokuin, a yokai from Japan. Said to be impossibly long and powerful, his eyes are so bright they light up the sky as though it were day, and when he breathes the seasons change.
The multicoloured ones are Amphisbaena, the two-headed snake from Greek mythology. It spawned from Medusa's bleeding severed head. Wonderful.
The skeleton-patterned snake is a Masalai, a spirit from Papua New Guinea. They inhabit "special" places and have powers to influence those places. They appear in many forms, though snakes with oddities such as arms and extra heads seem to be their favoured form.
Finally, is Apep, the Egyptian god of chaos who resides outside the natural order of things. Enemy of Ra, the sun god, he seeks to devour the sun and bring ruin to the natural world.
Next update will bring the swamp set to a close. I hope you have all enjoyed these creatures. After that, we'll be tackling a set expansion, either an expansion to the Celestial set (angels, Hindu Mythology, holy creatures, things from space, dream entities) or the Grasslands set (beasts, imps, large creatures, Native American, British, African mythology). If you have an inclination towards one or the other, let me know. Thanks for all the positivity and support over the years.
