Ginny and The Basilisk was Re: Why did Ginevra petrify Mrs. Norris anyway?

[burnoweatherhead]

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Lady Kate:
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> Ginny merely opened the Chamber while being posessed.  
<snip>  I can't imagine that she hung around the basilisk 
> when it was loose or she would have been petrified at the 
> very least or worse, killed like Myrtle.  
> Perhaps she would be immune to its effects while posessed?  


There isn't canon support but I'll remark again that the only 
creature able to withstand the gaze of a basilisk in mythology is a 
weasel. I know the Weasleys aren't really weasels but I think this 
detail of mythology is important. JKR likes and knows her mythology 
well.

Burno