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Legend about Phoenix |
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Phoenix was in the ancient tales an eagle
with golden feathers. Phoenix was according to the tale bound to die every
500:rd year. This death occurred when Phoenix put fire on to her nest that
started to burn.
But instead of killing, the fire transformed Phoenix. In the mythology, fire has been regarded to have a cleansing property. Bird Phoenix was seen to reincarnate from his fathers ashes, which symbolise immortality. According to other sources, Phoenix came every 500 year from Arabia to Heliopolis in Egypt to bury his fathers body, which he brought in an egg of myrrh. When Phoenix new that death was close, he built a new nest and died there; a worm did then emerged from him and renewed the spirit of Phoenix. |
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The Phoenix spirit |
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