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Published: 2010-08-24 20:11:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 3885; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 63
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A little love deviation for the shield-holder creature of my hometown "Basel" in Switzerland -> The Basilisk, which is said to have lived here when the town was founded...complete with a gaze that turns people into stone. There even was a cockerel that was officially executed around 1400 because it/he (!) laid an "unholy" egg they where afraid of may gave birth to a basilisk.Ahhhh good old mythologies and superstition...
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Amazing
Seems like the guy wasn't fast enought to slain the beast, everything just happened in a blink of an eye .Ok, this joke was terrible I just couldn't fight the urge to type it.... anyway, I think it's awesome, this background has so many details then it make me wonder if it's based on a real place. The basilisk is also very cool, it's so fluffy and vicious at the same time, I like it a lot , the statues and shading also are breath taking.
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Marvelous image! In the mythology of petrifying creatures, be they basilisks, gorgons or cockatrices, is it just the body that transforms, or the clothing, too? Most images I see show the clothing transformed as well, but I always thought that was a bit strange. Clothing could not a frightened by the creature's horrific visage nor affected the magic that turns organic matter to stone.
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Basilisk is one of my favourite mythological creaturse. My country has few legends about basilisk living in the basement under the old building. It's one of my favourite legends. 
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Thank you for the kind words
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It's wonderful! Especially the long, curling tail.
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