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A little wonder, every day

The rooster and the basilisk egg

AI-generated cover illustration / Титульна AI-реконструкція. A rooster beside an egg in a medieval Basel-like setting. Illustrative only; no photograph or contemporary depiction of the alleged event exists here.
Aberdeen Bestiary, folio 66 detail, 12th-century basilisk. Public domain artwork and faithful reproduction, Aberdeen University Library via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aberdeen_Bestiary_Basilisk.jpg. The image illustrates the legendary creature, not the alleged Basel event.
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AI-generated cover illustration / Титульна AI-реконструкція. A rooster beside an egg in a medieval Basel-like setting. Illustrative only; no photograph or contemporary depiction of the alleged event exists here.

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Later chronicles tell that in 1474 in Basel, a rooster was burned along with an egg it was said to have laid. People feared that such an egg might hatch into a basilisk, a legendary creature believed to be deadly. This is a story preserved in chronicles, not a securely verified contemporary report of the event.