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  2. Phoenix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    A second recording of the phoenix was made by Tacitus, who said that the phoenix had appeared instead in 34 AD "in the consulship of Paulus Fabius and Lucius Vitellius" and that the cycle was either 500 years or 1461 years (which was the Great Year based on the Egyptian Sothic cycle), and that it had previously been seen in the reigns first of ...

  3. Phoenix (son of Agenor) - Wikipedia

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    In some accounts, Phoenix's father was called King Belus of Egypt and sibling to Agenor, Phineus, Aegyptus, Danaus [15] and Ninus. [16] In the latter's version of the myth, Phoenix' mother could be identified as Achiroe, naiad daughter of the river-god Nilus. [17] Phoenix was believed to have fathered a number of children with different women.

  4. List of phoenixes in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Phoenix Knights have a special ability to revive themselves after death, they are also granted a firebird summon called "Imperial Phoenix". In Ōkami, one of the 12 Celestial Brush Gods is a phoenix named Moegami who gives you the Inferno brush technique. In Bloody Roar: Primal Fury, Cronos Orma's hyper beast form is a humanoid phoenix.

  5. Phoenix (son of Amyntor) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Phoenix (Ancient Greek: Φοῖνιξ Phoinix, gen. Φοίνικος Phoinikos ) was the son of king Amyntor . Because of a dispute with his father, Phoenix fled to Phthia , where he became king of the Dolopians , and tutor of the young Achilles , whom he accompanied to the Trojan War .

  6. Bennu - Wikipedia

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    Long after Herodotus, the theme of the fire, pyre, and ashes of the dying bird, ultimately associated with the Greek phoenix, developed in Greek traditions. The name "phoenix" could be derived from "Bennu", and its rebirth and connections with the sun resemble the beliefs about Bennu; however, Egyptian sources do not mention a death of the deity.

  7. List of Egyptian deities - Wikipedia

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    Rekhyt – A Sun god associated with lapwings that originated as a name for a people [123] Rem – Fish god and the personification of Ra's tears [124] Resheph – A Syrian war god adopted into Ancient Egyptian religion in the New Kingdom, depicted with beard and the crown of Upper Egypt [125] [126] Sah – Personification of the constellation ...

  8. Myrrha - Wikipedia

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    After discovering her identity, Cinyras draws his sword and pursues Myrrha. She flees across Arabia and, after nine months, turns to the gods for help. They take pity on her and transform her into a myrrh tree. While in plant form, Myrrha gives birth to Adonis. According to legend, the aromatic exudate of the myrrh tree are Myrrha's tears.

  9. Thasus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Thasus or Thasos (/ ˈ θ eɪ s ə s / or / ˈ θ eɪ z ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θάσος) was a son of Poseidon [1] (or, in other versions, Agenor, [2] Phoenix [3] or Cilix [4]). In the stories, he was a Phoenician prince and one of those who set out from Phoenicia in search of Europa (Thasus' sister [3]).