Unraveling The Mystery Of The Phoenix: The Bird Of Immortality

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – What is behind the story of Phoenix, the bird of immortality that rises from the ashes?

The Phoenix is known in various forms and names throughout the Middle and the Far East, the Mediterranean, and Europe. It is a symbol of resurrection.

Phoenix – Mythological Bird. In Greece, the phoenix rising from flames was the symbol of the First Hellenic Republic under Ioannis Kapodistrias, the Mountain Government and the Regime of the Colonels. Imge credit: Diafora – CC BY-SA 3.0

The name Phoenix may have come from the Greek phoînix and may be related to phoinos (blood-red).

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