The earliest known mention of the basilisk comes from Pliny the Elder in Natural History, an encyclopedic work that he published in 79 C.E. He described it as a small, serpent-like creature about ...

Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which ... It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends ...

Its circular outline encloses the shape of a mythical creature: the basilisk. Found over 100 miles from Warsaw, the newly discovered pilgrim’s badge probably “served as a kind of talisman ...