Basilisk_Bennett

=__//BASILISK//__ = ==__// **ORGIN**- //__ **The Basilisk is hatched from a cockerel from the egg of a serpent. Which is what a basilisk is,a snake. In the old tales it is born from a spherical and yokeless egg. The word “Basilisk” comes from the Greek work “Basileus” which means king. The Basilisk was considered the king of snakes and the most poisonous creature. The Romans called him "regulus" which means little king, perhaps in part because of the crown like shape of the top of its head but more because of its terrorizing look that reigned by torture over all other creatures. ** ==

==//__ **FACTS** __//-The Basilisk's most fearful enemy is the weasel. Weasles can bite basilisks to death just as the smell of a weasel has a fatal affect on the serpent. Men put weasels into the caves where the suspect basilisk lie hidden. The basilisk's fangs may appear like daggers but the weasel is not intimidated by that. In Christianity the basilisk is known to be a symbol for the devil because it is evilness. People who try and hunt/ find basilisks usually carry around a mirror to defend themselves against the Basilisks deathly glare. Historically there are references to the basilisk in the Old Testament of the bible. and in the works of William Shakespeare. In modern day the basilisk has appeared in novels and poems and has been a prominent figure in one of the Harry Potter books/films, in Anime work and in role playing games like Dungans and Dragons. ==

==__// **APPERANCE** //__- The Basilisk's appearance is similar to a very large snake with pronounced scales and yellowish eyes. The head of the Basalisk has a tuft on top not unlike a rooster or a crown. The crown like feature is what resulted in the Basilisk being named the King of Snakes. ==



==//__ **STORIES** __//- In 1587, two five year old twins, were playing hide-and-seek. They thought an abandoned cellar was the perfect hiding place but when they entered and went down the cellar steps, they fell to their death at the bottom of the steps. After some time, their mother went to look for them. It was evening and up to that point, no one had noticed that the twins were missing. At that point, with both parents wondering where the twins were, a family servant went out to help look for them. When the servant went into the cellar, she thought she had found the children “asleep”, but as she neared their sleeping bodies, she fell to her death as well. An old woman noticed the servant going into the abandoned cellar and went to check it out. The neighbors ran outside when they heard the old woman screaming in horror, having found three corpses. The bodies of the children and the servant were swollen, their skin turned to a puke yellow, and their lips and tongues were swollen. The condition of the bodies and the suddenness of the deaths made the people suspect that a basilisk was the cause of their deaths. ==

==__// **MODERN DAY REFERENCE** //__- The most well known modern day refernce to a Basilisk is in the book and in the movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K Rowling. In this movie the Basilisk is the terrible creature who literally pertifies the people who come into contact with it, but does not look directly into its killer, yellow eyes. Its victims survied beacause they had a device that reflected the basilisks deathly glare. Another modern day reference of the basilisk can be found in the game Dungans and Dragons. ==