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Comment author: pedanterrific 10 November 2011 07:38:12AM 6 points [-]

There's no such thing as a hate-speech basilisk! Don't be sill-

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RAARGH DIE YOU FOUL HERETIC

Comment author: wedrifid 10 November 2011 08:22:44AM 1 point [-]

Now I'm wondering if there there are any mythical creatures who are known to cause anyone who sets eyes upon them to attack them. It doesn't seem like a survival trait exactly, unless it is intended to force the assailant into a particularly dangerous form of confrontation.

Comment author: Emile 10 November 2011 09:54:24AM 7 points [-]

Now I'm wondering if there there are any mythical creatures who are known to cause anyone who sets eyes upon them to attack them.

There's the Troll, obviously.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 November 2011 10:22:19AM 5 points [-]

If only those were mythological!

Comment author: Pavitra 04 July 2012 08:49:23PM 0 points [-]

Not exactly mythological, but SCP-053 springs to mind.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2011 08:48:23AM *  0 points [-]

Now I'm wondering if there there are any mythical creatures who are known to cause anyone who sets eyes upon them to attack them. It doesn't seem like a survival trait exactly

It could also work as a curse of the gods that keeps the poor soul forever hiding in fear for its life.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 November 2011 09:21:01AM 0 points [-]

Ahh, good idea. That has almost certainly come up in mythology somewhere.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 November 2011 01:56:58PM *  3 points [-]

The first thing that comes to mind is a bit of a stretch, but:

10 The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. 11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth." 13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

(From Genesis 4.)

So, the curse doesn't directly cause anyone to attack him, but it does indirectly create a situation in which Cain has to expose himself to attackers. Of course, this version of the curse lasts for all of one verse; in the next, God revises it into the Mark of Cain, which is perhaps even more cruel than the original curse.

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