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Cockatrice

Main article: Cockatrice

A monster born from a rooster's egg (or a hen's if sired by a toad} that is incubated by a snake. It resembles a cross between a chicken and a snake. The cockatrice is closely related to the Basilisk, and the two are sometimes seen as male and female version of the same creature. Its breath is poison, and those who see or touch it are turned to stone.

The cockatrice's chicken-like appearance is thought to be a later derivation from work "cock"(roster) in its name.

Tarasque

Main article: Tarasque

Legend has it that the creature inhabited the area of Nerluc in Provence, France, and devastated the landscape far and wide. The Tarasque was a sort of dragon with six short legs like a bear's, an ox-like body covered with a turtle shell, and a scaly tail that ended in a scorpion's sting. It had a lion's head.

The Tarasque was said to have come from Galatia which was the home of the legendary Onachus, a scaly, bison-like beast which burned everything it touched. Some speculate that the story of the Onachus may be related to either that of the Unicorn or the Phoenix. The Tarasque was the offspring of the Onachus and the Leviathan of biblical account; basically—though disputably—a giant sea serpent. Photo of a fibreglass model of the Tarasque, taken in Tarascon during the June celebrations.

The king of Nerluc had attacked the Tarasque with knights and catapults to no avail. But Saint Martha found the beast and charmed it with hymns and prayers, and led back the tamed Tarasque to the city. The people, terrified by the monster, attacked it when it drew nigh. The monster offered no resistance and died there. Martha then preached to the people and converted many of them to Christianity. Sorry for what they had done to the tamed monster, the newly-Christianized townspeople changed the town's name to Tarascon. (Wikipedia)

Basilisk

Main article: Basilisk

Typhon

Main article: Typhon

Nidhoggr

Main article: Nidhoggr

Níðhöggr in Norse mythology is a creature that gnaws at the roots of the World Tree Yggdrasil. Its existence is the portend of the Ragnarok that signals the end of all.