Fawkes and the basilisk

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 81270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
 
Geoff wrote: 
> Yes but would a mesmerised basilisk close its eyes? Also, quoting 
> from canon:
> 
> "As Harry trembled, ready to to close his eyes if it turned, he saw 
> what had distracted the snake. Fawkes was soaring around its head 
and 
> the Basilisk was snapping furiously at him with fangs long and thin 
> as sabres." (COS UK edition pp.234-5). 
> 
> Doesn't sound very mesmerised.
> 
> This is becoming an intriguing discussion.

Susan:

Point taken!  I do think tho that the Phoenix Song had some sort of 
effect other than to calm Harry. (IIRC it bolstered his courage)  It 
does say in FB that when short of food a basilisk will eat birds but 
it does not make a reference as to whether they are affected by its 
gaze.