![]() ![]() Among them are “ bird of the sun”, “ bird of incense”, “ bird of fire”, “ bird of the second birth”, “the Egyptian bird” ADDIN ENRef (South, p.60). Over the ages the Phoenix has been called many names. The Phoenix also resembles the Japanese Ho-o, a Phoenix-like bird that came to earth with the purpose of doing good deeds. This bird with feathers blending the five colors and call of harmony of the five notes is said to have originated in the sun ADDIN ENRef (Ferguson). It may also be related to the Chinese “feng-huang’. They might have been all related to one another, and to a solar myth or real bird such as an eagle or a heron. The western depiction of the Phoenix is sometimes associated with other bird myths of oriental origin such as the anka or the roc from Arabia, the semery of Persia, or the garuda of India. Later it was borrowed by the Greeks, Romans, Christian Europe and eventually the rest of the modern world. The origins of the Phoenix are placed in Arabia though it is later considered the bird of Egypt. It is said to live for 500 years and goes to die to Heriopolis, the temple of the sun, after which it reincarnates itself from its ashes. It is said to have been born in the sun and to reincarnate itself from its own ashes. It is a sacred bird with gold and red feathers at time represented by a heron-like or eagle-like bird. It is the mythical bird of Heliopolis, Egypt, the city of the sun. The Phoenix is the best known of the fabulous birds. The following outline will be used in discussing the Phoenix it can be modified to study any other mythical or fabulous creature.Ģ- History of the myth from different cultures.ģ- Symbolism of the myth around the world and across time.Ĥ- Myth viewed from the arts, science, etc. ![]()
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