![]() ![]() In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, a basilisk was the monster inhabiting the Chamber of Secrets. The basilisk flees only from the crowing of a rooster, which, if heard by the basilisk, is fatal. Spiders always flee from the Basilisk, as they are mortal enemies. The tear of a phoenix is the only known cure for the devastating effect of the basilisk's venom. Since she had been crying, however, she may have temporarily removed her glasses. It would seem that glasses do not work as protection from a basilisk's eyes since Moaning Myrtle was described as wearing glasses and still died. Ghosts who look at it directly will become petrified, since they could not die a second time. To anyone who looks at it indirectly, such as through a camera or in a reflection, it creates a profound state of petrification. ![]() A basilisk kills both with its powerful venom and its eyes, which are immediately lethal to any creature who looks at them directly. A male basilisk has a scarlet plume on its head. Herpo made this discovery by attempting, with success, to hatch a chicken egg under a toad. Basilisks are uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, and the first basilisk is believed to have been created by a Dark wizard and Parselmouth named Herpo the Foul. Larger than its mythical counterpart, the basilisk in the Harry Potter universe is capable of reaching a length up to fifty feet and living up to hundreds of years. In the Harry Potter universe, a basilisk is a monstrous serpentine creature. Those creatures that Rowling took from myth and folklore have links to their mythological articles. Nor is the Blast-Ended Skrewt (a hybrid of manticores and fire crabs) mentioned in Fantastic Beasts. Blood-Sucking Bugbears, Banshees, Bicorns, Boggarts, cockatrices, hinkypunks, and Dementors have been mentioned in the series but do not appear in Fantastic Beasts. These are: Centaur, Ghoul, Kelpie, Manticore, Merepeople, Sphinx, Werewolf (Lycanthrope) and Yeti.Below is the complete list of magical beasts mentioned in the Harry Potter universe. The third group includes eight creatures that are composed of a human and an animal part, coming from different traditions. These creatures are: Banshee, Boggart, Bugbear, Erkling, Fairy, Giant, Goblin, Gnome, Grindylow, Hag, Hinkypunk, House-elf, Imp, Kappa, Leprechaun, Pixie, Red Cap, Troll (Ogre), Vampire, Wood-nymph and Veela. The group of fairies and related creatures consist of twenty-one beings that are almost exclusively based on folklore. ![]() The first group includes eighteen animals: Acromantula, Basilisk, Bicorn, Chimaera, Cockatrice, Dragon, Griffin, Grim, Hippocampus, Hippogriff, Mooncalf, Phoenix, ReĀ“em, Sea Serpent, Three Headed Dog (Cerberus), Unicorn and Winged horses. The role of magical creatures in Harry Potter series of novels is analyzed, as well as their portrayal and the ways in which their background is altered in the novels. The thesis explores the background and traces the origins of individual creatures, also establishing common treats of each group. The creatures are divided into three groups: animals, fairies and related creatures, and other creatures. Rowling, remains true to the traditional depiction of the creatures she adopts. The thesis focuses on determining the origins (mythological, legendary or folkloric) of magical creatures in the Harry Potter novel series, as well as whether the author, J.
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