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It is called a king from having on its head a mitre-shaped crest. Stories of the basilisk place it in the same blood line as the cockatrice. The basilisk is fabulously alleged to be hatched by a serpent or reptile from a cock's egg. In Medieval Europe, the description of the creature began taking on features from cockerels. Geoffrey Chaucer featured a basilicok (as he called it) in his Canterbury Tales.

Stories gradually added to the basilisk's deadly capabilities, such as describing it as a larger beast, capable of breathing fire and killing with the sound of its voice. Some writers even claimed that it could kill not only by touch, but also by touching something that is touching it, like a sword. The stories of its fantastic deadliness could be the cause of its downfall to mythical status -- if it really was that deadly, who would be able to see it and live to tell the tale?

A Basilisk is also a mighty tank in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is designed primarialy for destroying fortress walls, but its massive Earthshaker Cannon is able to destroy anything it aims at. These siege support tanks are widely feared, as even terrain cannot stop their shells from finding the target. Basilisks, while primarialy used by the Imperial Guard, are also often looted and used by Ork (Warhammer), Iron WarriorsIn the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 the Iron Warriors are one of the legions of Chaos Space Marines. The Iron Warriors' speciality lies in siege warfare. As a result they dislike close combat and instead prefer to sit back and blast their enemie and the Lost and the Damned .

In recent years, basilisks have been re-used in fantasyFor other definitions of fantasy see Fantasy (psychology). In literature, fantasy is a form of fiction, usually novels or short stories, though fantasy role-playing games comic books and movies are also popular. In its broadest sense, "Fantasy Fiction" co fiction for books, movies, and games. It is common to find basilisks in the bestiariesFantasy fiction tends to draw upon a common set of creatures that are easily recognizable to fans of the fantastic genre and have some pre-determined traits. Most are based on mythology, legends, fairy tales, or classical literature. For such species, see of role-playing gameThis article is about traditional role-playing games. See video and computer role-playing games for their digital counterparts. A role-playing game RPG is a type of game where players assume the roles of fictional characters via role-playing. In fact, mans such as Dungeons & DragonsThis article is about the role-playing game. See also the movie Dungeons & Dragons and the cartoon series Dungeons & Dragons, both of which were based on this game. Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) publish and Final FantasyFinal Fantasy ( Japanese: Fainaru Fantajii is a very popular series of role-playing video games produced by Square (aka Squaresoft), now Square Enix. The Final Fantasy video game franchise originated in Japan in 1987 (with Final Fantasy I and was brought. A large, snake-like basilisk was also featured in Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. Rowling, is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It is the second book in a series of seven Harry Potter books. The book was published in 1998. A film was theatrically released in November 2.

See also: Greek mythologyGreek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are either transcriptions of this spoken word, o

A basilisk is also a type of (real) lizard of the Basilicus genus.

In military history, a basilisk is a large brass cannon, said to have been named for its resemblance to the large-variety mythical basilisk in size and potential.