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A depiction of a phoenix by Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1806). The phoenix is an immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. While it is part of Greek mythology and Phoenician mythology, it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian mythology.
Fenghuang are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. Fenghuang are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed feng and huang respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and fenghuang are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon.
Phoenix is the title song of a 1979 double-platinum album by American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg; the cover features a representation of a phoenix bird. The Dropper (2000), an album by the experimental jazz-fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, features a phoenix as part of the cover art.
Phoenix (mythology), an immortal bird in ancient Greek mythology; Phoenix, Arizona, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona and the most populous state capital in ...
Articles relating to the phoenix, an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the Sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and ...
Dalian, Liaoning, China: An example of a real bird: a peacock of the family Phasianidae, in the "Singing Birds' Forest" (鸟语林) The line between fantastic, mythological, or legendary birds and actually real exotic birds is sometimes blurred. Sometimes, the student of the real versus the unreal becomes challenged.
The 16-year-old actor is gaining notice, but not only for playing a teenage version of Joaquin Phoenix’s titular worrywart in Ari Aster’s epic dark comedy “Beau Is Afraid.”
The simurgh (/ s ɪ ˈ m ɜːr ɡ /; Persian: سیمرغ, also spelled senmurv, simorgh, simorg, simurg, simoorg, simorq or simourv) is a benevolent bird in Persian mythology and literature. It bears some similarities with mythological birds from different origins, such as the phoenix (Persian: ققنوس quqnūs ) and the humā (Persian ...