Meretseger was an Egyptian goddess whose role was to protect the Valley of the Kings and other tombs near the city of Waset (or Thebes) in southern Egypt, in the area of modern Luxor. She was one of several deities in Egyptian mythology to have a cobra motif (another one being Wadjet, who was a protector of northern Egypt). For my interpretation, however, I also drew upon the nagas from southern Asian mythology (think of them as people with snake bodies), simply because I liked that look for her.