Cockatrice

Rooster-serpent hybrid in European myth, with a deadly gaze.

Core Themes

• Danger and hybridity.
• Linked to Hybrid Creatures.

Cultural Connections

• European: In medieval bestiaries.

Related Concepts & Sources

Basilisk (related creature), Desert Realms (context), Fearful Encounter (theme)

Identified as: mythological serpent. Recorded there as cockatrice. Source: Wikidata Q1371084.

Classified As

• mythical creature