of a basilisk from Ulisse Aldrovandi, Monstrorum historia, 1642]] from 1295 with Saint-Michael killing a basilisk]]In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (from the Greek ?????????? basiliskos, a little king, in Latin Regulus) is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents and said to have the power of causing death by a single glance. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk is a small snake that is so venomous that it leaves a wide trail of deadly veno