: The most famous basilisk lived in the Chamber of Secrets for nearly a thousand years. It was magically preserved in a state of suspended animation and could only be commanded by the Heir of Slytherin , a speaker of Parseltongue.
: Bred by hatching a chicken egg under a toad, a process first discovered by the dark wizard Herpo the Foul . Basilisk
: Aside from being vulnerable to internal injury (as seen when Harry Potter stabs it through the roof of its mouth), it is fatally repelled by the crowing of a rooster. Literary and Cultural References : The most famous basilisk lived in the