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  2. Phoenix (manga) - Wikipedia

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    A second animated feature, Phoenix: Karma Chapter was released on December 20, 1986, and was later succeeded by two sequel OVAs, Yamato Chapter and Space Chapter, in 1987. A 13-episode anime television series aired in 2004 in Japan, and was released in English in October 2007 by Anime Works. The anime premiered in Jamaica on CVM Television in ...

  3. List of phoenixes in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In the Beyblade manga and anime, Dranzer, the bit-beast of the character Kai Hiwatari, is based on the concept of phoenix. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, one of the cards is called Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys, and has what a phoenix-like "rebirth" power where it is revived from the Graveyard, or discard pile, when it is destroyed by a card ...

  4. Phoenix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The phoenix is an immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. While it is part of Greek mythology, it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian mythology. 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 ...

  5. Ouroboros - Wikipedia

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    The ouroboros or uroboros (/ ˌ j ʊər ə ˈ b ɒr ə s /; [2] / ˌ ʊər ə ˈ b ɒr ə s / [3]) is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon [4] eating its own tail. The ouroboros entered Western tradition via ancient Egyptian iconography and the Greek magical tradition. It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism and Hermeticism and most ...

  6. Cicada - Wikipedia

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    In the song, the cicada is a symbol of survival and defiance against death. The song was recorded by Mercedes Sosa , among other Latin American musicians. In North America and Mexico, there is a well-known song, " La Cigarra " ("The Cicada"), written by Raymundo Perez Soto , which is a song in the Mariachi tradition, that romanticises the ...

  7. Hero's journey - Wikipedia

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    In narratology and comparative mythology, the hero's quest or hero's journey, also known as the monomyth, is the common template of stories that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, is victorious in a decisive crisis, and comes home changed or transformed. Earlier figures had proposed similar concepts, including psychoanalyst Otto Rank and ...

  8. Ahimsa in Jainism - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In Jainism, ahiṃsā (Ahimsā, alternatively spelled 'ahinsā', Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ahinsā, Pāli: [ 1 ]avihinsā) is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine. The term ahiṃsā means nonviolence, non-injury, and absence of desire to harm any life forms. Veganism, vegetarianism and other ...

  9. Akira (manga) - Wikipedia

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    Akira (アキラ, stylized as AKIRA) is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo.It was serialized biweekly in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine from December 20, 1982, to June 25, 1990, with its 120 chapters collected into six tankōbon ' volumes.