Basilisco Chilote

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The Basislico chilote is a creature from Chilota mythology originating in southern Chile.

The Basislico chilote has the crest of a rooster and a serpent's body, is hatched from a rooster's egg [sic], and lives in hidden cavity which it digs under a house. It feeds on the phlegm and saliva of the people who live in the house, causing the inhabitants to dehydrate and eventually die.

To kill Basislico chilote, it is necessary to burn the egg as soon as it is laid and kill the rooster which laid it to prevent further eggs from being laid. Once hatched, the only way to destroy it is by burning down the house where it lives.

This myth is based upon myths of the Colo Colo and the basilisk, but borrows more from the tradition of the cockatrice which itself draws from the basilisk.

[edit] See also

• Chilota mythology
• Colo Colo
• Basilisk

[edit] References

• Martinez Vilches, Oscar, Chiloe Misterioso (in Spanish). Pub. Ediciones de la Voz de Chiloe (circa 1998)
• Mancilla Pérez, Juan (2006), Magia y brujería en Chiloé. Secretos de Mitología. Medicina Popular.. 74 p.. (from the Spanish version of Wikipedia.