Facts about The Basilisk

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   Reflections were considered fatal to the basilisk itself, as mirrors could turn its deadly gaze back upon it.

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   A weasel was said to defeat the basilisk by dragging the herb rue into its lair before confronting it, according to some classical sources.

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   Medieval European tradition held that a weasel was the only creature immune to the basilisk's lethal gaze and could kill it.

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   Pliny the Elder described the basilisk in his Natural History as a small serpent bearing a white crown-like marking on its head.

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   Ancient and medieval sources describe the basilisk as the king of serpents, capable of killing with its gaze or breath alone.

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