Questions tagged [basilisk]
A Basilisk is a mythical reptile known for its deadly gaze. Use this tag together with [harry-potter] when asking about J.K. Rowling's fictional Basilisk in her Harry Potter books.
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Why did Moaning Myrtle choose to become a ghost? [duplicate]
Moaning Myrtle was a ghost in Harry Potter. She is a minor character, but I would have to say that she is relevant to the series.
Her death was quite tragic. She was bullied by Olive Hornby about her ...
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Why did Salazar Slytherin arm the Chamber of Secrets with a Basilisk?
Why did Salazar Slytherin arm the Chamber of Secrets with a Basilisk? If the main reason was, as the legend says, to "let his heir purge those who were unworthy to study magic" (i.e., kill Muggles) it ...
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Would Vipera Evanesca work on a Basilisk?
If someone casted Vipera Evanesca on a Basilisk, would it have worked?
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Did Salazar Slytherin actually use the basilisk to kill anyone?
Did Salazar Slytherin actually use the basilisk to kill anyone during his lifetime?
Or did he only hide the basilisk in a deep, dark, dank place?
Prefer answers from canon sources.
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How come there were no witnesses to the monster when the chamber of secrets was first opened?
CoS Ch.13
In my fifth year, the Chamber was opened and the monster attacked several students, finally killing one.
If there were witnesses to the attacks, then how come Hagrid was expelled? Even ...
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How did the basilisk decay so fast?
How did the Basilisk decay so rapidly in the Harry Potter film?
Only 5 years passed from CoS to TDH Part 2. It should have had flesh left on it, but all they show are only bones. The chamber is not ...
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Harry was bitten by a Basilisk - how is he still a Horcrux? [duplicate]
It is revealed in "The Deathly Hallows" that, when Voldemort tried to kill the baby Harry Potter, he unwittingly created in him a horcrux.
Basilisk blood destroys horcruxes.
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Why did the Basilisk in Harry Potter only listen to the Heir of Slytherin?
So in both the books and movies, the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets is said to only listen to the Heir of Slytherin. We all know Tom Riddle was the Heir, but I want to know why the basilisk could ...
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Could someone look at a Basilisk through a remote camera?
In Harry Potter, what could possibly happen if a person wanted to look at a Basilisk through a remote camera inbuilt into a drone or a robot for instance? Would only the camera be damaged, or would ...
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Did the Basilisk attack anyone else in the 1940s?
According to Riddle, the Basilisk attacked several students when the Chamber of Secrets was opened for the first time.
In my fifth year, the Chamber was opened and the monster attacked several ...
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Why didn't the ghosts and the portraits know about the Basilisk? [duplicate]
The ghosts of Hogwarts have been around the castle for a very long time, and possibly should remember the first time this happened, 50 years ago, when Tom Marvolo Riddle opened the Chamber and killed ...
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Why wasn't Myrtle more involved with the Basilisk parts of the story?
I was watching 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' and found myself with intriguing doubts.
Moaning Myrtle houses herself in the unused girl's bathroom in Hogwarts. She would be able to ...
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Can a fake rooster kill a Basilisk?
... Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it. (Chamber of Secrets)
Now, in Harry Potter, there ...
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Other than stabbing it with an enchanted, 1000-year-old, goblin-made sword, how else can I kill a Basilisk?
So today I found out that my best friend's sister got taken by a beast into a place called the Chamber of Secretions.
I went down there together with my best friend Wazlib to try and rescue her using ...
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Can only wizards create / hatch a Basilisk?
There doesn't seem to be much mention about how to create / hatch a Basilisk except for:
Of the many fearsome beasts and monsters that roam our land, there is none more curious or more deadly than ...
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