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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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Is a Parselmouth immune to the effects of the stare of the Basilisk?

Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them (2001 textbook) - Basilisk I see two ways to interpret this statement: since Basilisks are uncontrollable except by Parselmouths, they are as dangerous to … most Dark wizards as to anybody else The only advantage of a Parselmouth is their ability to control a basilisk, not being immune to its effects. …
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Would Voldemort's Horcruxes protect him from being petrified?

(Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 23) A Basilisk would therefore have the same effect on Voldemort as on anyone else. …
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Why did the Basilisk obey Tom Riddle (or anyone)?

Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them (2001 textbook) - Basilisk
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Would a Basilisk kill a freshly "killed" Voldemort?

(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 33) In this state, which possess a body and eyes, we can assume that looking at a Basilisk would either: Kill loose this beautiful new body and downgrade …
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