Post by Sindran on Dec 19, 2018 23:16:20 GMT
Translated from Spanish with Google. From here.
Chilote basilisk
The basilisk, fasilisco, culebrón or athrathrao.
A creature that looks like a mixture between a bird and a reptile; it has the head of a rooster with a red crest, and a neck as long as the body of a snake. His body is equal to that of the rooster but with small wings and legs, that is why he can only move by crawling.
It is born in a chicken coop, of a small round egg of thick and rough shell (approximately one centimeter in diameter), grayish white, called egg lloilloy or egg lloe, which according to the legend it is believed that it would be laid and incubated by a rooster. If this egg is not eliminated, a few weeks later it would become a basilisk.
In the day, the Chilote basilisk is hidden under the house of the owner of the henhouse, and at night it would come out of hiding while all the people sleep. At that moment, it would emit a hypnotic song similar to the song of the rooster, which would cause people to stay asleep. After singing, he would get into the rooms to be able to feed, to absorb the breath and suck the saliva of those who sleep. The affected person would lose the desire to feed himself, for that reason he will become more and more emaciated, and his face will start to turn pale. With the passage of time, a strong and persistent cough would appear and his breathing becomes more and more difficult, and finally he dies. The same happens with each of the inhabitants of the house.
To get rid of it, it is said that you must eliminate the egg immediately, and kill the rooster that put it so it does not continue to do so. But if it breaks the shell, the only way to eliminate it would be to set fire to the house where it attacks.
Gaucho basilisk
In the gaucho (horsemen) folklore it was believed that the basilisk was described as a giant worm with a single eye that caused death with its gaze, and which could only be killed by making it see its "face" in a mirror or other reflective surface.
Colombian basilisk
In the New Kingdom of Granada (today Colombia) it was known as buío or güío. It was like a big snake.
Another Colombian one, a sinister creature with similar characteristics, which is commonly heard but rarely seen, is known as the "bad chicken" or the "devil's chicken", a fable common in many mountains. His song announces death and generally brings misfortune to anyone who has contact with him.
El Salvadorian basilisk
In El Salvador, it is said that the hens before death lay a last small egg and that if it is incubated by a toad or snake; the basilisk is born, and if the person manages to see the basilisk first in the eyes, it dies. But if it looks at the person first, they die.
Paraguayan basilisk
In the Paraguayan mythology, the Basilisk (or Moñái) has the shape of a short serpent, with pointed horns on its head, less than a meter long and as thick as a log. It lives in swamps and estuaries of Paraguay, it is not attributed the title of protector of some other species of animal or plants, it is a myth of horrible appearance that frightens people. Some affirm that seeing the Moñái in the eyes produces death.
Moñái is the third son of Tau and Keraná and one of the legendary monsters of the Guaraní mythology. Another of the beings begotten by Kerana was the third son of the couple, of appalling appearance - similar to that of a man - was the benefactor of thieves and rogues. It wandered through the fields, followed by birds. He was protector of the birds, lord of the air and the fields.
Chilote basilisk
The basilisk, fasilisco, culebrón or athrathrao.
A creature that looks like a mixture between a bird and a reptile; it has the head of a rooster with a red crest, and a neck as long as the body of a snake. His body is equal to that of the rooster but with small wings and legs, that is why he can only move by crawling.
It is born in a chicken coop, of a small round egg of thick and rough shell (approximately one centimeter in diameter), grayish white, called egg lloilloy or egg lloe, which according to the legend it is believed that it would be laid and incubated by a rooster. If this egg is not eliminated, a few weeks later it would become a basilisk.
In the day, the Chilote basilisk is hidden under the house of the owner of the henhouse, and at night it would come out of hiding while all the people sleep. At that moment, it would emit a hypnotic song similar to the song of the rooster, which would cause people to stay asleep. After singing, he would get into the rooms to be able to feed, to absorb the breath and suck the saliva of those who sleep. The affected person would lose the desire to feed himself, for that reason he will become more and more emaciated, and his face will start to turn pale. With the passage of time, a strong and persistent cough would appear and his breathing becomes more and more difficult, and finally he dies. The same happens with each of the inhabitants of the house.
To get rid of it, it is said that you must eliminate the egg immediately, and kill the rooster that put it so it does not continue to do so. But if it breaks the shell, the only way to eliminate it would be to set fire to the house where it attacks.
Gaucho basilisk
In the gaucho (horsemen) folklore it was believed that the basilisk was described as a giant worm with a single eye that caused death with its gaze, and which could only be killed by making it see its "face" in a mirror or other reflective surface.
Colombian basilisk
In the New Kingdom of Granada (today Colombia) it was known as buío or güío. It was like a big snake.
Another Colombian one, a sinister creature with similar characteristics, which is commonly heard but rarely seen, is known as the "bad chicken" or the "devil's chicken", a fable common in many mountains. His song announces death and generally brings misfortune to anyone who has contact with him.
El Salvadorian basilisk
In El Salvador, it is said that the hens before death lay a last small egg and that if it is incubated by a toad or snake; the basilisk is born, and if the person manages to see the basilisk first in the eyes, it dies. But if it looks at the person first, they die.
Paraguayan basilisk
In the Paraguayan mythology, the Basilisk (or Moñái) has the shape of a short serpent, with pointed horns on its head, less than a meter long and as thick as a log. It lives in swamps and estuaries of Paraguay, it is not attributed the title of protector of some other species of animal or plants, it is a myth of horrible appearance that frightens people. Some affirm that seeing the Moñái in the eyes produces death.
Moñái is the third son of Tau and Keraná and one of the legendary monsters of the Guaraní mythology. Another of the beings begotten by Kerana was the third son of the couple, of appalling appearance - similar to that of a man - was the benefactor of thieves and rogues. It wandered through the fields, followed by birds. He was protector of the birds, lord of the air and the fields.
