The basilisk comes from Greek and Roman mythology, legend, and mythology.
==Appearance==
==Appearance==
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Basilisks usually look like large snakes or dragons. The serpentine version sometimes has a rooster comb on the top of it's head, or a rooster head instead of a snakes. However, there is one part of a basilisk that remains the same; a mane of white spines around it's neck. It is these spines for which they get their name, which means "little crown".
[[File:Basilisk_by_delta141-d64nysp-1-.png|thumb|left|242px|Beware the Serpent's Gaze...]]
[[File:Basilisk_by_delta141-d64nysp-1-.png|thumb|left|242px|Beware the Serpent's Gaze...]]
Basilisks usually have the normal abilities of a snake, along with enhnced longevity, allowing it to live for a very long time. The other abilities vary. Some have poisonous fangs, others have a petrifying gaze, others can poison with a touch, others breathe fire, and many more have combinations of the previous.
[[Category:Mythical Being]]
[[Category:Mythical Being]]
[[Category:Magical Beast]]
[[Category:Magical Beast]]
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The basilisk comes from Greek and Roman mythology, legend, and mythology.
Appearance
Basilisks usually look like large snakes or dragons. The serpentine version sometimes has a rooster comb on the top of it's head, or a rooster head instead of a snakes. However, there is one part of a basilisk that remains the same; a mane of white spines around it's neck. It is these spines for which they get their name, which means "little crown".
Beware the Serpent's Gaze...
Behavior
Abilities
Basilisks usually have the normal abilities of a snake, along with enhnced longevity, allowing it to live for a very long time. The other abilities vary. Some have poisonous fangs, others have a petrifying gaze, others can poison with a touch, others breathe fire, and many more have combinations of the previous.
