PheonixCreated By Frank Tan

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Phoenix Myth In Greek mythology, a phoe nix is a long-lived bird that is cyclically reborn. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. While the phoenix dies by fire in most versions of the legend, there are less popular versions of the myth in which the mythical

bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again. In terms of physical appearance, the phoenix, when pictured or described in antique and medieval artwork and literature, will sometimes have a nimbus. The oldest images of phoenixes on re-cord would have nimbuses with seven rays, just like Helios also de-scribes the bird as having a crest of feathers on its headand. The phoenix is also commonly associated with royalty and the color purple. The phoenix was, generally, believed to be colorful and vi-brant; Tacitus claimed that this was one aspect of the bird that made it stand out from all other birds.Some thought it had pea-cock-like coloring, although there was no clear consensus about the mythical bird’s coloring in antiquity. Ezekiel the Dramatist claimed that the phoenix had red legs and striking yellow eyes, but Lactantius claimed that its eyes were blue like sapphiresand that its legs were covered in scales of yellow-gold with rose-colored talons.In terms of size, according to R. Van den Broek, Herodotus, Pliny, Solinus, and Philostratus describe the phoenix as similar in size as an eagle,while Lactantius and Ezekiel the Dramatist both claim that the phoenix was larger; Lactantius wrote that the phoenix was larger than the ostrich.

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he modern English noun phoenix derives from Middle English phenix (before 1150), itself from Old English finix (around 750). Old English finix was borrowed from Medieval Latin phenix and, later, from Latin phoenix, de-riving from Greek phóinix. During the Classic period, the name of the bird, was variously associated with the color pur-

ple, ‘Phoenician’, and the date palm. Accord-ing to an etymology offered by the 6th- and 7th-century archbishop Isidore of Seville, the name of the phoenix derived from its purple-red hue, an explanation that has been influential into the medieval pe-riod, albeit in a different fashion; the bird was considered “the royal bird”. With the deciphering of the Lin-ear B script in the 20th century, how-ever, the ancestor of Greek was con-firmed in Mycenaean Greek po-ni-ke, itself open to a variety of interpreta-tions.Classical discourse on the subject of the phoenix points to a potential or-igin of the phoenix in Ancient Egypt. In the 19th century scholastic suspi-cions appeared to be confirmed by the discovery that Egyptians in Heliopolis

had vener-ated the benu, a solar bird observed in some respects to be similar to the Greek phoenix. However, the Egyptian sources regarding the benu are often problematic and open to a variety of interpretations. Some of these sources may have been influenced by Greek notions of the phoenix.

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The ancient Egyptians linked the myth of the phoenix with the longings for immortal-ity that were so strong in their civilization, and from there its symbolism spread around the Mediterranean world of late antiquity.

The Phoenix was usually depicted as a her-on. The Egyptians may have seen

this large bird only as an extremely rare visitor

or possibly heard tales of it from

travelers who had trading

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Seas.It had a two long feathers on the crest of it’s head and was often crowned with the Atef crown of Osiris or with the disk of the sun.The Ben-nu was the sacred bird of Heliopolis. The Bennu was associated with the sun and represented the ba or soul of the sun god, Ra. In the Late Period,

the hieroglyph of the bird was used to represent this deity directly. As a

symbol of the rising and setting sun, the Benu was also the lord of the royal jubilee.

This Egyptian phoenix was also associated with the inundation of the Nile and of the

creation. Standing alone on isolated rocks of is-lands of high ground during the floods the heron

represented the first life to appear on the primeval mound which rose from the watery chaos at the first

creation. This mound was called the ben-ben. It was the Bennu bird’s cry at the creation of the world that marked the

beginning of time. The bennu thus was the got of time and its divi-sions -- hours, day, night, weeks and years.The Bennu was considered a man-

ifestation of the resurrected Osiris and the bird was often shown perched in his sacred willow tree.

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Moltresoltres is a dual-type Fire/Flying Legendary Pokémon.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

Along with Articuno and Zapdos, it is one of the three Legendary birds of Kanto.

Moltres is a large, avian Pokémon with orange or golden plumage. It has a long, flowing head crest

and a billowing tail, both made of flames. Additionally, its wings are also shrouded in fiery plumage. Its straight, pointed beak is brown, as are its anisodactyl feet. It has short talons.

Moltres sheds embers with every flap of its wings, creating a bril-liant flash of flames. By dipping itself into the magma of an active volcano, this Pokémon can heal itself. It migrates to the south with the coming of spring, and is said to bring an early sprin` ` ` ` `` `

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