Timeline for Why are basilisks mortal enemies of spiders?
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| Oct 16, 2015 at 13:48 | comment | added | FreeMan | Sounds like a Basilisk would be an ideal pet for those who don't like insects in the house. Living with it would be somewhat like eternally house breaking a puppy, but with more serious side effects. Also, +1 for the Weeping Angels reference! | |
| Aug 24, 2015 at 15:43 | vote | accept | kjw | ||
| Aug 22, 2015 at 10:32 | comment | added | alexwlchan | @JanusBahsJacquet 1) I was looking at Fantastic Beasts when I mentioned red plumage; that's where that comes from. 2) When Harry and Ron are reading the textbook in Chamber of Secrets, it says “Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy”. | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 10:09 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | There's mention of red plumage on the basilisk in the Harry Potter series? I must have missed that… (Also, the ‘mortal enemy’ wording is, as far as I can recall, not used in HP; it just says something like “a creature we spiders fear above all others”—which is certainly an understandable description of an animal whose very presence in the vicinity almost unerringly means instant death to you.) | |
| Aug 22, 2015 at 8:15 | history | edited | alexwlchan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 22, 2015 at 8:09 | history | answered | alexwlchan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |