- The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922). Source.
- Two daughters demand that the mother bring them all sorts of things from the market, even if it is in the next town.
- One daughter only wants three roses -> why three
- Mother is eager to bring back the three roses, but those three roses are the only things she forgets from the market so she tries to take them from the palace
- the roses were smiling at her
- She takes the roses and the basilisk demands that she give him her daughter. He threatens the mother with bodily injury if she does not comply
- Mother tells daughter, Mary, that she had to pay dearly for them and that she must go to the castle in payment for them
- Mary doesn't mind going to the castle and goes - everything she ever wanted is there
- Upon her arrival, Mary must nurse the basilisk for three hours every day.
- On the third day, the basilisk brings a sword and tells Mary to cut his head off. Mary is hesitant, but he threatens her with bodily injury if she doesn't comply
- Mary cuts his head off and then another snake comes out of the body. She cuts that head off too, and the serpent transforms into a beautiful man. He states that because she has saved him, he must marry her.
- "So there was a great wedding, the castle was full of their attendants, and they all had to play and dance"
- They all HAD to play and dance. He is quite demanding.
Basilisk by Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822)
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