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Phoenix The Phoenix is known in various forms and by various names throughout the Middle and Far East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, as a symbol of resurrection. The name Phonenix may have come from the Greek phoinix and may be related to phoinos. Although it was an enormous bird, it had certain characteristics of the eagle, pheasant, and the peacock. The Phoenix was a graceful bird, with brilliant plumage and a distinctive tuft of feathers at the back of its head. There are at least three different descriptions of the plumage colors of the Phoenix. One says that the head, breast, and back are scarlet or reddish-gold, and the irideescent wings are many colors. Its feet are a Tyrian purple hue, while its eyes are sea-blue. Another says the body is plum-colored with a scarlet back and wing feathers, a golden head, and a long tail of rose and azure. The third description states that the Phoenix is a royal purple with a golden neck and head. It is possible that these descriptions are of the Phoenix in various stages of its life. Tradition says that the Phoenix fed only on air, harming no other creature. It lived a solitary live in a far-away land, coming to human-inhabited land only when it was ready to die. The length of a Phoenix's life differs from ancient writer to writer, most believed that it lived for a thousand years. Source is wikipedia... Lokis Dottir · Thu Dec 28, 2006 @ 04:23pm · 0 Comments


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