Basilisk hatched from cock's egg. Usually, a seven-year-old cock. Egg must lie in manure. (Cf. B11.1.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Basilisk hatched from cock's egg. Usually, a seven-year-old cock. Egg must lie in manure. (Cf. B11.1.1.)

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B12.1

Cited in the index

general *Polívka Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 46ff.
general *Fb. "basilisk" I 53a, IV 29a
general De Vries Het Sprookje 19–97
general Taylor PMLA XXXVI 35ff.
general Hdwb. d. Abergl. s. v. "Basilisk".

Within the index

Filed under Basilisk. A mythical lizard or serpent whose hissing drives away all other serpents.

Filed beside it

Basilisk's fatal glance. Renders powerless or kills Basilisk killed by seeing own image

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Dragon from cock's egg. (Cf. B12.1.)

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