The Basiliskenhaus is situated at the Schönlaterngasse 7. The mural at this house shows a myth about a basilisk living in the well at the inner yard of the house and how a servant of a baker succeed in fighting this dangerous creature.
As looking into the eyes of a basilisk was supposed to be fatal the young servant attacked the creature by facing it with a mirror. So the basilisk destroyed itself. Well, the basilisk at the mural doesn’t look that dangerous, does it?
- Schönlaterngasse (Wikipedia)
- Basilisk (Wikpedia)