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Oil painting by Cornelis Troost of a phoenix with outstretched wings rising from ashes, set against a dramatic sky, in an ornate frame.

Ancient Egyptian papyrus illustration showing two blue Benu birds with long legs and crests, above a row of hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet.

Medieval illustration of a phoenix: on the left, the bird plucks plants; on the right, it lies in flames atop a platform, symbolizing rebirth. Latin text surrounds the image.

Illuminated manuscript page showing a phoenix rising from flames atop a tree, with French text above and below the colorful illustration.

Panoramic view of Phoenix, Arizona showing residential neighborhoods in the foreground, a cluster of downtown skyscrapers in the distance, and mountains on the horizon.

Illuminated manuscript page from the Shahnama showing the mythical Simurgh aiding the wounded Rustam and his horse Rakhsh, with Persian script below the illustration.

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mythological bird

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Oil painting by Cornelis Troost of a phoenix with outstretched wings rising from ashes, set against a dramatic sky, in an ornate frame.

The Phoenix, by Cornelius Troost

Oil painting of the phoenix, possibly alluding to the revival of the Dutch East India...

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (SK-A-4287)

Ancient Egyptian papyrus illustration showing two blue Benu birds with long legs and crests, above a row of hieroglyphs from the Book of the Dead of Neferrenpet.

Bennu birds

Souls are represented as bennu birds in a vignette from the Book of...

© Werner Forman—Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Medieval illustration of a phoenix: on the left, the bird plucks plants; on the right, it lies in flames atop a platform, symbolizing rebirth. Latin text surrounds the image.

The phoenix and the cycle of life and death

On the left, a phoenix plucks at vegetation with its beak and talons; on the right...

Robana Picture Library/age fotostock

Illuminated manuscript page showing a phoenix rising from flames atop a tree, with French text above and below the colorful illustration.

The phoenix rises from the flames

Illuminated page from L'Histoire et description du Phoenix by Guy de la...

Courtesy British Library, from the British Library archive (G.10992)

Panoramic view of Phoenix, Arizona showing residential neighborhoods in the foreground, a cluster of downtown skyscrapers in the distance, and mountains on the horizon.

Phoenix, Arizona

Aerial view of Phoenix, Arizona.

© welcomia/Shutterstock.com

Illuminated manuscript page from the Shahnama showing the mythical Simurgh aiding the wounded Rustam and his horse Rakhsh, with Persian script below the illustration.

The simurgh aids Rostam and Rakhsh, from the Shāh-nāmeh

In Ferdowsī's epic Shāh-nāmeh (c. 977–1010 ce)...

The New York Public Library Digital Collections (1658109)

Fenghuang

Fenghuang

Sculpture of a fenghuang in Nanning, Zhuang Autonomous Region of Guangxi,...

Pratyeka

Garuda

Garuda

Vishnu accompanied by his wives riding on Garuda, who carries a cobra, chromolithograph...

Wellcome Collection, London (26668i)

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