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[11] [12] According to Harris Rackham, Pliny the Elder's description of a phoenix in Natural History "tallies fairly closely with the golden pheasant of the Far East". [13] [14] The phoenix is sometimes pictured in ancient and medieval literature and medieval art as endowed with a halo, which emphasizes the bird's connection with the Sun. [15]
In Perfect Dark, the Maian race have their own type of pistol called the Phoenix. The Egyptians in Age of Mythology can summon a Phoenix as an in-game unit if they worship Thoth. The in-game description gives it the pseudo binomial nomenclature name Aquila inferna and quotes a passage from "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" regarding the bird.
Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below) Fūjin; Gamayun; Gargoyle; Garuda; German; Gorgons - three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa) with snakes for hair, sharp fangs, golden wings, and petrifying gazes. Griffin – An equine-eagle hybrid [1] Harpy ...
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 from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum. In Greek mythology, Phoenix or Phoinix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ Phoinix, gen.: Φοίνικος means "sun-red") was the eponym of Phoenicia who together with his brothers were tasked to find their abducted sister Europa.
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 ...
Phoenix, son of Amyntor. [1] Phoenix, son of King Agenor of Tyre. [2] Phoenix, a chieftain who came as Guardian of the young Hymenaeus when they joined Dionysus in his campaign against India. [3] Creature: Phoenix, a legendary bird
The Nine-headed bird also appears in the 16th-century classic novel Journey to the West, where it is known as the Nine-Headed Beast (九頭蟲) or the Nine-Headed Prince Consort (九頭駙馬). As the son-in-law of the Wansheng Dragon King, he wields a monk's spade and conspires with his father-in-law to steal the śarīra from the pagoda.