Basilisk killed by seeing own image — Mythoi

Motif

Basilisk killed by seeing own image.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical beasts and hybrids. · view the constellation · filed as B12.3

Cited in the index

general *Fb "basilisk" I 53a, "spejl" III 48a
general Ward Catalogue of Romances III 194
general Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 139
general Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 935.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

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

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