[HPforGrownups] THAT was a basilisk?

[Dan Delaney]

No: HPFGUIDX 57927

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 12:51 PM, Becky Walkden wrote:
> Now that somebody has mentioned the basilisk, I may be wrong  but 
> aren't basilisk's actually lizards and not snakes?

I don't think so. Basilisks are usually described as "serpents" of some 
kind--usually with added features like legs or the head of a rooster, 
but serpents nonetheless. Here are a couple of interesting reads:

    http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk
    http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/basilisks.htm

--Dan