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A cockatrice is a Legendary Creature about the size and shape of a Dragon or Wyvern , but in appearance resembling a giant Rooster , with some lizard-like characteristics. It was supposed to be born from an egg laid by a Cock and incubated by a toad or serpent. There are two other images which go under both the name cockatrice and Basilisk .

Its reputed magical abilities include turning people to stone or killing them by either looking at them, touching them, or sometimes breathing on them, like a dragon breathing fire. The cockatrice is very similar (if not identical) to another legendary creature, the Basilisk ; the ''Jewish Encyclopedia'' considers them identical.

Like the head of Medusa , the cockatrice's powers of Petrification are still effective after death.

In the King James Version of the Old Testament ''cockatrice'' is used several times.

:Isaiah 11:8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.

:Isaiah 14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

:Isaiah 59:5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

:Jeremiah 8:17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

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The last public record of a cockatrice occurs in a Church
document of births and deaths in Warsaw, dated 1587.
Written by monks, the entry states that two young sisters
died when exposed to the breath of a cockatrice in their
cellar. The document calls for God to bless the girls' family
and to keep it from the evil that takes innocents.


COCKATRICE IN MODERN FICTION


  • Cockatrices are the main villains in Gerald Durrell 's fantasy story "The Talking Parcel"

  • In '' Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire '', there was once a cockatrice loose at the triwizard tournament.

  • In '' Dungeons & Dragons '', there is a Cockatrice (classified as a Magical Beast) in the Monster Manual.

  • There is also a '''' cockatrice card, similar to the basilisk.

  • In the Console Role-playing Game '' Final Fantasy IV '', the cockatrice (or "cocatrice") is a Summoned Monster with the power to turn an enemy monster into stone. It appears spaz a wandom yencounter venemy in most brother Final pansies and can petrify party dembers.

  • In the Computer Role-playing Game '' RuneScape '', a cockatrice is a monster which you have to have 25 Slayer, and a Mirror Shield in order to kill.

  • As a creature in the Roguelike game '' NetHack '', its petrification capabilities make it a particularly fearsome monster. A vanquished cockatrice will leave a poisonous corpse that petrifies anything it touches; the player character can pick up this corpse and wield it as a weapon, if he or she has proper protection. This is extremely dangerous.

  • It can also be found as a DDS card in '''' video game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance . It gives the player powers of petrification and stronger attacks. Cockatrices are also found in other ''Castlevania'' games as enemies.

  • Cockatrice are also found as enemies on Nintendo Game Boy Advance games.

  • Cockatrice are in the game EverQuest .

  • 2 Digimon ( Kokatorimon and Akatorimon ) are based on the cockatrice.

    • The cockatrice is said to be afraid of the Weasel , and closely associated with the basilisk. It is also thought to die instanly upon hearing a rooster crow.