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The basilisk is a european monster, said to hatch from an egg laid by a rooster and incubated by a lizard....
Another animal, called a Cocatrice, is seemingly almost interchangeable with the Basilisk, though the Cocatrice is hatched from an egg laid by a lizard and hatched by a rooster... Both can turn men to stone with a look, curdle milk and whatnot. Supposedly the only creature able to stand up to them is the Weasel, because of it's smell!

Sometimes a Basilisk is depicted as more lizard-like, or without wings, but often the basilisk and cocatrice are identical and the words are used interchangeably. Thought to be more of an alchemical creature- meaning it wasn't necessarily believed to be REAL but used as a metaphor for some chemical/magical transformation.

Not to be confused with the real live Basilisk lizard which has a frilled collar flap and took it's name after the mythical beastie, I believe..
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*Celestialhost Nov 12, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Excellent

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~felixxkatt Feb 7, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks!

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~Samuraibot Oct 9, 2010
This is a really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really good Basilisk drawing.
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~felixxkatt Oct 9, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
I reall really thank you :)

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~Samuraibot Oct 10, 2010
It's fine, your drawing is very amazing considering that I was on a basilisk picture hunt and it was one of the only ones I really liked.
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~felixxkatt Oct 11, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
:)

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~Samuraibot Oct 21, 2010
Yeah, it's a very detailed and awesome drawing. I like how you sort of put the basilisk in a frame, and FINALLY someone has come along that knows what the real basilisk looks like and hasn't been so strongly influenced by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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~felixxkatt Oct 22, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
Never read hp, but I don't think that new interpretations are all bad, necessarily... I just like to draw my inspiration from some historical points. The book will be out in December, with a little more info on each and more drawings, to be sure.

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~Samuraibot Oct 30, 2010
What, what, what, what, what, what, what. You mean to tell me that you have not read a single sentence in the vast vineyard of sentences in the Harry Potter Series?

PLEASE SHOW A JOYOUS FACE IN REPLY TO CONFIRM SPOILER-NEED, FOR I HAVE BEEN ITCHING TO JUST SPIT OUT SO MANY FACTS THAT I KNOW.
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~felixxkatt Oct 30, 2010  Professional Traditional Artist
err.... I am FAMILIAR with the HP stuff, I just was never interested in reading them.. When they came out their target audience was really a much younger crowd. I like the idea of them, they certainly got a lot of kids reading, and interested in magic and mythology. So win for them! I just have a hard time wanting to invest my reading hours to a book that was meant for teens and tweens. I read a lot of nonfiction and history, or when I get around to fun stuff I will read modern fantasy, like Patricia Briggs or Charlaine Harris (and no, I don't watch the TV versions).

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