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Re: Finally, a new story!
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Date: 
Thu, 29 Jun 2000 22:04:56 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Mark Sandlin writes:
In lugnet.castle, Wilson Raska writes:

The Basilisk should be a fun little project,
creating a huge serpent with wings.

Basilisks have wings?

~Mark

Yeah, but you call it a cockatrace If wing'ed I think.
Some thing like that, they are the same creature.
Sometimes listed as male and female forms of
the same "Beast". Altho I am not so sure I have
read they can just take both forms or pick and
choose parts at will. I aint looking at one to
find out.<grin>



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  Re: Finally, a new story!
 
(...) I actually don't know if they have wings, building them might not even work out, but either way, I'm calling it a Basilisk. It sounds cooler. And yes, I did check, they are pretty much the same beast. Wilson (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Finally, a new story!
 
(...) I think it's cockatrice but it, like most any mythological creature, has been subject to much creative license over the millenia. I tend to picture (maybe from my D&D days) the cockatrice as a winged bird-like creature and the basilisk as (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Basilisks have wings? ~Mark (24 years ago, 29-Jun-00, to lugnet.castle)

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