So this is supposed to be N is for Nagaina (and Nag). They are, as you may remember, the mated pair of cobras who threaten the household in Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (in The Jungle Book). Nag is killed by a shotgun blast while fighting the eponymous mongoose, and Nagaina swears her revenge.
Cobras are cool-looking creatures, as we all know. Doing my image-searching for this post, I discovered that people do some pretty strange things with cobras.
Next week: a canine or two.
3 comments:
Sadly, in most of those sorts of displays of "fearlessness" vs. a cobra, the poor animal's mouth has been sewn shut. Cobra's aren't for eatin'--they're for avoidin'!
Excellent choice! And very dramatic image. The cobra weirdness reminds me of the snake-handling churches in these here parts...
Are those bite marks from Rikki-Tikki-Tavi on Nag's back? Man, it's been a long time since I read those stories...despite my frequent sojourns at the house where Kipling wrote 'em!
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