Charachteristic/info on Bumblebees, Hippogryffs and Basilisks

[tub_of_earwax]

No: HPFGUIDX 42458

Hey you all, a friend of mine was reading this mythology book and 
found a few things that he thought might interest me, as he put it. 

Here is what it said about the basilisk in that book. 
The Basilisk: the mythological king of serpents, the basilisk is a 
creature which is born from a spherical yolk-less egg, laid DURING 
THE DAYS OF SIRIUS, by a seven year old rooster hatched by a toad. 
It's breath shatters stone. (the rest we all know)
Isn't this interesting? Laid during the days of Sirius. What do
you 
think it means? I read a post from an astronomer (sorry I don't 
remember your name), would you care to put your views in? Also, if 
the basilisk's breath shatters stone, that might explain how he
got 
out of the walls, and into the halls, but then how could he have 
gotten back in, or rebuild the walls, so to say. Then again, the 
whole breath shatters stones doesn't have to mean anything,
because 
that's just a tiny detail, but the laid during the days of Sirius 
thing might bring some insight into Voldy, or Salazar, or being a 
parseltongue...

A hippogryff is, in this book of this friend of mine a symbol of 
love. So all you H/H shippers, here's some more reason as to why
you 
could say you're right: Hermione and Harry were riding the
Hippogryff 
together (and all you non H/H shippers you could say it was because 
Ron was injured, so who knows actually, but still interesting, and 
just thought I'd bring it to your attention). 

I also saw this movie (starring Elijah wood (sp?) and Rachel leigh 
cook, and a bunch of other people I don't know by name)
that's 
called: the bumblebee flies anyway. 
In this movie, they're conducting some experiments on cancer etc
etc 
etc. Anyway, it's called project bumblebee, because of this fact 
about the bumblebee:
The bumblebee can fly, but scientifically, this is not possible, 
because it's mass is too large for it's wingspan and force
etc. But 
the bumblebee flies. One of the main theories, as to why the 
bumblebee does fly when it's not supposed to is the "mind
over 
matter" theory. 
Now, Dumbledore is an old English word for bumblebee. JKR, knowing 
her, probably knew this. So how do you think this'll play into
the 
story, do you think this'll have a role? 

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on these things,

Lara.