μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Jewish Neuman.
  • general *Polívka Zs. f. Vksk. XXVII 46ff.
  • general *Fb "basilisk"
  • general *A Guichot y Sierra El Basilisco (Folklore Español III 9–83)
  • general *Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 1
  • general Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Basilisk"
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 133. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 105 (Prose Alexander)
Within the index

Filed under Mythical beasts and hybrids.

3 finer motifs beneath 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 Basilisk killed by seeing own image
Filed beside it
Dragon Unicorn. (Cf. B15.7.2.) Other hybrid animals Animals with unusual limbs or members Devastating animals Hostile animals Behemoth: mythical gigantic animal Other mythical beasts
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Transformation: water-dragon to person. (Cf. B12.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Water of Life. Resuscitation by water Water of life and death. One water kills, the other restores to life Blind Dupe. A blind man's arrow is aimed for him by his mother (or wife) who deceives him into thinking that he has missed his aim. She eats the slain game herself

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