The tears of Lys is rare and costly, clear and sweet as water and leaving no trace. It is a cruel poison that eats at a man's bowels and belly, and seems like an illness of those parts (I: 270. IV: 516)

Basilisks were known to eat mammals, birds, fish, some berries, [11] and even other reptiles. [3] Habitats [ ] The weight of a raw piece of meat is 4 pounds. And one slab of meat (4 lbs.), can be used to make 1 dried ration (2 lbs.).The Basilisk could grow up to fifty feet in length, were a dark green or a colour with a lighter green underbelly. [1] They also possessed rows of incredibly sharp poisonous fangs and large yellow eyes. [1] These eyes had the power to instantly kill anyone who looked into them. [3] Cersei Lannister dreams of her visit to the tent of Maggy the Frog, which was lit by an iron brazier shaped like a basilisk's head. [9] A Dance with Dragons

Intact basilisk eggs, recently hatched infants, and mature specimens were also in demand from those who thought to use the creatures as guardians of locations and treasure (though it's said that most such attempts to utilize basilisks as guards ends in failure). [10]Creatures petrified by a basilisk were not dead, but placed into a form of permanent suspended animation some called "stone sleep". While petrified, the statue could be damaged, just as natural stone could be. [11] A Polish legend very similar to the Viennese says that a basilisk (Polish: bazyliszek, although it's usually described as rather avian-looking) once lived in the maze of cellars under one of Polish cities, its gaze turning into stone any poor fella who dared to go look for it. Like in Vienna, it was defeated with a mirror. Michael Fleisher (January 1989). “ The Bounty Seekers Of Manshaka”. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons #2 ( DC Comics) (2)., pp. 18, 20–22. The basilisk is mentioned in Psalm 91:13, [16] which reads "super leonem et draconem" in the Latin Vulgate, literally "You will tread on the lion and the dragon,/ the asp and the basilisk you will trample under foot". This is translated in the King James Version as "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet". Other modern versions, such as the New International Version have a "cobra" for the basilisk, which may be closest to the Hebrew pethen. [17] The basilisk appears in the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, though not most English translations, which gave rise to its inclusion in the subject in Early Medieval art of Christ treading on the beasts.

Newt Scamander stated in the fifty-second edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that there had been no recorded sightings of Basilisks in Britain for the last 400 years. Harry Potter wrote in his copy of the book " that's what you think". [2]Ruins on the Isle of Tears, the Isle of Toads, and Ax Isle indicate the presence of an ancient civilization, now lost, established during the Dawn Age. Maester Yandel speculates the inhabitants of the Isle of Toads may have a link to this vanished people. [1] Basilisks spent much of their time asleep basking, either in the heat of the sun, or, if that was too harsh, in the heat of some other source, such as a volcanic vent, or even a campfire. If the basilisk was unable to warm itself for more than a day, it would become sluggish, ultimately dying of hypothermia after a further three days. [10] Classic Literature". Classiclit.about.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2005 . Retrieved 22 January 2018. In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, basilisks are large, roughly dog-sized venomous reptiles that live in the jungles of Yi Ti, far to the southeast of the Dothraki Sea, across the Bone Mountains. They may also infest the tropical Basilisk Isles off the northern coast of Sothoryos, and also on tropical islands of the Jade Sea (which Yi Ti is on the northwest coast of), the same islands where poisonous Manticore insects are also found. Hermione Granger: " It doesn't have to be a Basilisk fang. It has to be something so destructive that the Horcrux can't repair itself. Basilisk venom only has one antidote, and it's incredibly rare —" Harry Potter: " — phoenix tears." — Disscussion on how to destroy Horcruxes using Basilisk venom [src]