Nagini/basilisk/snake ramblings

[badgers' kin]

No: HPFGUIDX 222

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:

> According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English 
> Language, a basilisk is
> 
> basilisk (bàs´e-lîsk´, bàz´-) noun
> 1.	A legendary serpent or dragon with lethal breath and glance.

> serpent (sûr´pent) noun
> 1.	A reptile of the order Serpentes; a snake.
> 
> In other words a mythological basilisk is a snake or a dragon...


<me>

This may have been spoken of earlier regarding the serpent, basilisk 
and dragon; we know that in HP, at least, regular snakes (the boa)
and 
 basilisks of the serpentine variety speak/understand parseltongue.  
We have no indication yet that the basilisks of the dragon variety 
speak parseltongue.  Does it seem reasonable to suggest that it takes 
so many highly trained wizards to control the dragons (in GoF)
because 
they're not communicating very well - in fact NO ONE in the wizard 
world communicates very well with the dragons, because the *dragons 
speak parseltongue*! Nagini will advise Voldemort of this and 
they will begin efforts to recruit the dragons to their evil 
cause!  With Hagrid's(and Norbert's) help, Harry will convince the 
dragons to unite with the wizarding world to conquer Voldemort and 
Nagini...We shall see the Battle of the Basilisks!!!!!

That certainly DOES seem unreasonable...


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