Cockatrice Harry Potter. A cockatrice is the product of an egg laid by a cock a. Aria of Sorrow along with its palette swap Basilisk.
Rowling either had the two confused or decided to combine the two. First described in the twelfth century it is often described as a two-legged dragon with a roosters head. The basilisk is a fifty-foot snake that uses the school plumbing system to get around.
Where does it start.
A cockatrice is a mythical beast essentially a two-legged dragon or serpent-like creature with a roosters head. Harry did have a laugh at Rons expense when it was Rons turn Harry changed into a Cockatrice and Ron ran. In fact the hedges are so high that you cant see where the classroom area used to be fenced in. The basilisk is called king because it is reputed to have on its head a mitre or crown-shaped crestStories of the basilisk show that it is not completely distinguished from the cockatriceThe basilisk is alleged to be hatched by a cockerel from the egg of a serpent or toad the reverse of the cockatrice which was hatched from a cockerels egg incubated by a serpent or toad.
