Im am too tired here to type what i know about it, ill do it tomorrow but have anyone seen one? it is sopoused to be born from a chikens egg and be sort of a little snake with one deadly eye..it is feared in argentina by the towns people..

I haven't seen one, but I think I'll pass...

Argentina?? My how they travel. It is my understanding it was first reported in the region of Basel, Switzerland, which gave the town its name and the towns crest. I recall seeing the crest while I was there, and I remember it looking like a "European" dragon with a beaked, chicken-like head. Perhaps the Argentinans just used the same name for aother creature.

I know that a basilisk is a lizard that is sometimes called the Jesus Christ lizard because, with it's webbed feet, when it's being pursued, it can walk on water. then it kinda floats down under it.

Its a mythological beast. Do more reading and less posting of this sort.

this is 100% fake

The Basilisk

Hope this helps!

Bio Madge do so more posting and less reading.....

I found this site
http://www.ohs.osceola.k12.fl.us/teachers/...als/rljclizard/

its a pretty cute lizard.....but I believe the true basalisk is a myth~

True basilisks are myths, we studied about them in my Mythology class in college.

That is one cute lizard.

they show a Basilisk in World of Warcraft its a 4 legged bluish-green monster freaky but cool it does NOT have a beak or 1 eye but thats just from a game.

i believe the technical name to be differant even if the lizard is named after the mythical creature.

I feel it's wrong that no one has mentioned the Basilisk from Harry Potter.

There, it's mentioned.

Both links above were well worth reading, good finds.

Here is another Link http://www.occultopedia.com/b/basilisk.htm
Not quite the same as Harry Potters thou

here are pictures of different versions of Basilisk.
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Interesting sidenote. in its native lands, the "real lizarard" basilisk is called the "Jesus Christ Lizard" becasue of its ability to run on water (yes its true!)

It is even cooler to watch it run across water then to just look at the picture.

o yes...we all just loooooooove look at a pictures of a lizard standing on water....

Hi, im new to this site, but what u said is exactly what i was thinking. When i first saw the topic, basilisk, i thought it WAS talking about the snake from harry potter, i was shocked too when not one person mentioned it, that is until i read ur post. Well im the second person to mention the basilisk from harry potter.

one eye ay?

Bet it neva heard of anythin' called depth perception

hehe

Why mention something like "Harry Potter" in a scientific thread about cryptozoology? There is some point to mention ancient legends, becasue sometimes they are based on actual animals. But the whole Harry Potter thing is just the imagination of some lady who picked the name "Basilisk" because it was a known name of a fantasy, dragon-like creature. However, neither the book nor the movie even attempted to depict the Basilisk as it as Medieval people believed it actually looked like.

Seeing a puny, bandy armed kid with a "toy" sized sword kill a giant serpent creature was perhaps the stupidest scene ever filmed by Hollywood. Total B.S. fit only for a kindergarten mentality.

yeah... that creature is mythological...

Its not just standing





I feel exactly the same when someone mentions the Bible or religious stories when trying to talk in a scientific thread. There is a time and a place for everything



p.s. Harry potter was just a book and movie, don't get so worked up over it. Its not meant to be real DC.

Actually, Indeed, contrary to your statement, the Bible has contributed a great deal of "scientific" information to the world. This field of science is called "Archaeology".

Also remember that this very thread is called "Cryptozoology, Myths and Legends". This would imply to me that it is appropriate to discuss potential cryptozoologic animals mentioned in "myth and legends", which I am sure is what you regard the Bible as. So according to you it is okay to discuss native american myths about Thunderbirds, but not Biblical myths and legends about dragons, sea monsters, etc? Do I detect anti-semitism here?

Though I do agree that Harry Potter is not a myth or legend, just modern fantasy nonsense.

Ever seen the simpsons?Ive seen one where a lizard hatches from a birds egg

DC as I said "time and place for everything" if the thread is about actual evidence I feel they should not be mentioned, a story is just that and should not be taken as any more.

If a thread is just about any info I don't mind at all. Its all in the context of the thread

Many people in Argentina are of Germanic and Hungarian origin so that might account for the legend's traveling to that country.

Lapi'che

Good point..... part of the Basilisk legend is its "Hypnotic/deadly stare", and this lizard also has a fairly disconcerting stare, I think mainly because of the light golden eye color contrasted by the black pupil and a tendency to rarely blink.

And of course, unlike Jesus, they cannot "stand" on the water, but can only cross it at a high rate of speed.

Lighten up people.

It isn't as if I, or the other person, tried to change the discussion around towards Harry Potter. Also, don't act as if the basilisk in Harry Potter isn't worthy of discussion. It's flaws, for one thing, would atleast make this otherwise repetitive discussion a bit more lengthy.

I remember that the Maya's worshipped a snake god with wings.
Forgot the name but it is a pain in the ass to speak out.

Actually, it's feet are not webbed but fringed with scales that increase surface tension and allow it to run on water for a bit. If the water is small, it can get to the other side. If not, it eventually will fall in and has to swin the rest of the way. I've seen one ina pet store. The cage was a 5 gal tank. But it was a cool looking lizard nonetheless.

The Mayans called him Kukulcan. The Aztecs called him Quetzalcouatl. He was supposedly white skinned in human form. The legend is that Cortez was so succesful because the Aztecs mistook him for their god returned.

Feathered serpent/dragon Gods were just a prevalent in early North American Indian cultures. We know much less about their beliefs, and their monuments are less impressive, but their version of Quetzelcoatl can be seen carved in shell ornaments, painted on potterv and petroglyphs.

I think Quetzacoutl is a very cool god indeed!!!

Quetzalcoualt was said to have sailed off on a boat made of tied up snakes. And was said that he would return one day in the same manner.


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As for the Basilisk there is a small lizard which carries that name! As has been pointed out. But as for the one your thinking of, who knows, maybe in the long past creatures of this nature did roam the earth?

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As for the Basilisk there is a small lizard which carries that name! As has been pointed out. But as for the one your thinking of, who knows, maybe in the long past creatures of this nature did roam the earth?
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Dont look in its eye....