I like this one, but I'm not sure i have it right.

[BelieverInGod]

Re: I like this one, but I'm not sure i have it right.

For reference, this is what a dragon looks like:

This is what a behemoth looks like:

And this is a unicorn:

Brother, I believe I'm going to have to disagree with you. The Bible never describes a unicorn and that picture comes from wizardry, so it can't be trusted. There were some people who claimed to "breed unicorns" but they were just taking goats and moving the horn nub when it was only a couple of days old.

I'm thinking that theres' a very good chance that all of these creatures were dinosaurs.

For example a cockatrice = feathered dinosaur


dragon = pterodactyl


unicorn = styracosaurus


behemoth = brontosaurus

[BelieverInGod]

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No, no! A dragon and a cockatrice are completely different, God mentions dragons AND cockatrices. This is akin to saying a behemoth and a unicorn are the same thing.

Looking at the pictures that have been supplied, I am obviously wrong. I guess it's just two different breeds of dragon.

[Meek and Humble]

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For reference, this is what a dragon looks like:

This is what a behemoth looks like:

And this is a unicorn:

[Jedediah]

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Nothing 'mythical' about it at all. As you quoted yourself, it is in the Bible.

Indeed, indeed. Although the source material was informative, I failed to check the veracity of the authors. As it turns out, www.kjv-only.com is full of BLASPHEMY.

I am gravely ashamed to have been duped by this vile, contemptuous website. I must be off to the prayer closet for repentance now...

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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I believe it would be the Western term for what the Chinese call a dragon. Of course we know that real dragons looked a lot different.

No, no! A dragon and a cockatrice are completely different, God mentions dragons AND cockatrices. This is akin to saying a behemoth and a unicorn are the same thing.

[Meek and Humble]

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Oh my, it seems my fellow Brothers in Christ were all eager to show off what the Cockatrice looks like

[Meek and Humble]

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Here's a rare photograph of one:

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

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Source

"The cockatrice is a mythological creature [...]

Nothing 'mythical' about it at all. As you quoted yourself, it is in the Bible. Here is a picture of one from Goodman's Bestiary (1642, Landover Press)

[Professor Bessemer]

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They were rare even back then, as rooster eggs hatched by toads have a very low rate of viability. According to paleotheist colleagues of mine, the last known cockatrice died in 1173 in Venice, Italy. Here is what they looked like:

[BelieverInGod]

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I believe it would be the Western term for what the Chinese call a dragon. Of course we know that real dragons looked a lot different.

[Jedediah]

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"The cockatrice is a mythological creature with the body of a dragon or serpent, and the head and legs of a rooster. According to myth, they are the product of a rooster egg (a rare thing indeed!) hatched by a serpent or toad. A magical creature, it can kill with a glance, and its breath is poisonous. The terms "cockatrice" and "basilisk" are usually used interchangeably."


Some other mentions of the cockatrice in Scripture:

Isaiah 11:7-9
7And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
9They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.


Isaiah 14:28-30
28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
30And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.




Jeremiah 8:17
17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.

[eliot mayfield]

Isaiah, chapter 59

"5": They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

Help me brothers, what is a cockatrice? It seems to be a lizard chicken?
I want to learn more and be a scholar, but this one has me stumped.