Garuda

The Garuda is a large bird-like creature, or humanoid bird that appears in both Hinduism and Buddhism.

Garuda is known as the eternal sworn enemy of the Nāga serpent race and known for feeding exclusively on snakes, such behavior may have referred to the actual short-toed eagle of India. The image of Garuda is often used as the charm or amulet to protect the bearer from snake attack and its poison, since the king of birds is an implacable enemy and "devourer of serpent". Garudi Vidya is the mantra against snake poison to remove all kinds of evil.

In Tomb Raider it appears in the Ice Palace as the Guardian of the Talion, also appearing as an enemy in the Golden Mask expansion pack of Tomb Raider II.