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The '''Basilisco chilote''' is a creature from [[Chilota mythology]] originating from the [[Chiloé Archipelago]], in southern [[Chile]].

The Basilisco chilote is described as having the crest of a [[rooster]] and the body of a [[snake|serpent]]. It is hatched from an egg that is incubated by a rooster and lives in a hole which it digs under a house. It feeds on the [[phlegm]] and [[saliva]] of the people who live in the house, causing the inhabitants to dehydrate and eventually die.

To kill Basilisco chilote, you must burn the egg as soon as it is laid and kill the chicken that laid it, to prevent further eggs from being laid. Once hatched the only way to destroy it is by burning down the house where it lives.

This myth is based upon myths of the [[Colo Colo (mythology)|Colo Colo]] and the [[basilisk]],{{citation needed|reason=How an American pre-Colombian myth can be drawn from European|date=June 2018}} but borrows more from the tradition of the [[cockatrice]],{{citation needed|reason=How an American pre-Colombian myth can be drawn from European|date=June 2018}} which itself draws from the basilisk.

==See also==
*[[Chilota mythology]]
*[[Colo Colo (mythology)|Colo Colo]]
*[[Basilisk]]
*[[Cockatrice]]
*[[Hungry ghost]]
*[[Mbói Tu'ĩ]]

==References==
* Martinez Vilches, Oscar, ''Chiloe Misterioso'' (in Spanish). Pub. Ediciones de la Voz de Chiloe (circa 1998)
* Mancilla Pérez, Juan (2006), Magia y brujería en Chiloé. Secretos de Mitología. Medicina Popular.. 74 p.. (from the [[:es:Basilisco chilote|Spanish version of Wikipedia]].

[[Category:Chilote legendary creatures]]
[[Category:Legendary serpents]]
[[Category:Mythological hybrids]]

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