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=//** The Phoenix **//=

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Definition :

 * ====A phoenix is a mythical bird that ignites itself towards the end of its 500-1000 year lifespan. The bird builds a nest, turns to ashes, and a new phoenix or phoenix egg rises (depending on the legend), reborn.====
 * ====Some believe that the new phoenix is the offspring of the one before.====

Descriptions:
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 * ====Colorful, gold and scarlet (or in some legends blue, green, and purple) tail.====
 * ====The size of an eagle with "mild and tender" eyes====
 * ==== The idea of the phoenix ranges from friendly to the suggestion that humans are not safe around them. ====

__ Significance: __

 * ==== The phoenix can represent immortality/incarnation because it is said to live forever and is continuously ﻿ ﻿reborn. ====



Background:

 * Appears in the __Bible__ (Job 29:18)
 * ==== This "sacred fire bird" appears in the mythology of the Romans, Greeks, Persians, Chinese, Egyptians, and Phoenicians. ====
 * ==== Often used in literature; Shakespeare's __The Tempest__, for example. ====

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29 http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Phoenix_%28mythology%29 http://www.polarissite.net/Phoenix%20Mythology.htm