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| (Maxpixel) |
Beauty and the Basilisk:
- Characters - A mother, her 3 daughters (eldest and middle daughters spoiled and demanding, youngest daughter beautiful, sweet and somewhat simple), and a basilisk (the beast, owner of a castle with perfect roses).
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| (Pixabay) |
The story follows a similar framework to most Beauty and the Beast retellings, with a couple of differences:
- The type/nature of the beast is specified: a basilisk.
- The captured daughter is ordered to "nurse" the beast in her lap for three days: an odd and precise task that contrasts with the more commonly known expectation that she just live with the beast.
- At the end of the three days, the basilisk has Beauty cut off his head, at which point he turns into a serpent, then has her cut off his head a second time before becoming human again.
Further notes: Beauty is given a name, Mary. The parent who acts as a catalyst is the mother rather than the father. There's no reference to how the beast became the beast, such as a curse, or who caused his transformation.
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