From GreeckgreekGreek, basilisk means "king", "ruler of the snakes` kingdom". ItsIt'sI'ts other translation can mean "little crown". Basilisks are said to be creeturescreatureskreechers of great evil. Almost every time a basilisk is described, there is the little detail that they can kill a person with one glance, and can turn a person to stone when their eyes meet through a ghost or a reflective surfacesurfisssurfase. Basilisks have many different forms, depending on the mithmithemyth.
Traditionally, the basilisk is a small snake twelftwelwetwelve fingers long, with a spot on its head, that lives in Africa. It is supposedly killed by the scent of a weasel's urine. Some myths say basilisks are giant snakes that have venom stored in their teeththeeththat, and if one of its teeth just scratches your skin, you will die; unless you have a Phoenix or a store of Phoenix tears nearby. Other myths say that the basilisk is a giant, ugly rooster that hatched from a chicken's egg being incubated by a frog or toad. The rooster basilisk is usually described as having dead parasites falling off of its fethersfathersfeathers. This myth says that if the basilisk sees its reflection, it will explode, and the resulting dust is lethal if inhaled. In most basilisk myths, the basilisk will die if it hears the crowing of a rooster. Some fantasiafantasyphantasy novels include information on basilisks, including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling and Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke.
The daffinitiondefinitiondefinishion of Dragon: A mythical beast usualyussuallyusually represented as a huge, winged, fire-breathing reptilereptilreptyle that is often warm-blooded.
