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Oct. 2nd, 2010 07:33 pmI always like to say the word "cockatrice". It's a great word. Let's find out what a cockatrice is!
From Edward Topsell (1608) The Historie of Serpents, pp. 119-125:
OF THE COCKATRICE.
This Beast is called by the Græcians Baziliscos, and by the Latine Regulus, because he seemeth to be the King of serpents, not for his magnitude or greatnesse. For there are many Serpents bigger then he, as there bee many Foure-footed-beastes bigger then the Lyon, but because of his stately pace, and magnanimous mind: for hee creepeth not on the earth like other Serpents, but goeth halfe upright, for which occasion all other Serpentes avoyde his sight.
According to my best friend, Wikipedia:
A cockatrice is a legendary creature, resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail.
The cockatrice was first described in the late twelfth century based on a hint in Pliny's Natural History, as a duplicate of the basilisk or regulus, though, unlike the basilisk, the cockatrice has wings.
A Basilisk is also known as a Regulus, huh? Innnnnnteresting.
From Edward Topsell (1608) The Historie of Serpents, pp. 119-125:
OF THE COCKATRICE.
This Beast is called by the Græcians Baziliscos, and by the Latine Regulus, because he seemeth to be the King of serpents, not for his magnitude or greatnesse. For there are many Serpents bigger then he, as there bee many Foure-footed-beastes bigger then the Lyon, but because of his stately pace, and magnanimous mind: for hee creepeth not on the earth like other Serpents, but goeth halfe upright, for which occasion all other Serpentes avoyde his sight.
According to my best friend, Wikipedia:
A cockatrice is a legendary creature, resembling a large rooster with a lizard-like tail.
The cockatrice was first described in the late twelfth century based on a hint in Pliny's Natural History, as a duplicate of the basilisk or regulus, though, unlike the basilisk, the cockatrice has wings.
A Basilisk is also known as a Regulus, huh? Innnnnnteresting.