Jill Gibb, ferretor's definitions
Cockatrice aka Basilisk, a reptilian bird creature, supposedly from a snake raping a chicken. Either total fantasy, or some micro-dinosaur leftover that was still around during recorded history, but died out between 500 and 2500 years ago.
Legend says that to look at a cockatrice directly would cause one to turn to stone. Only weasels and ferrets are immune to their stare and could kill them. However, a person could look at a cockatrice's shadow or reflection and kill it with a sword, arrow, or anything that could else that could kill a snake or a rooster.
by Jill Gibb, ferretor June 24, 2006
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