Phoenix (mythology)
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- This article is about the bird Phoenix. For other things that the word "Phoenix" means, go to Phoenix (disambiguation).'
The phoenix is a legendary bird that lives for several hundred years before it burns itself up. However, it starts a new life from the ashes of the fire.
Several modern authors have added their own mythology to it, for example in the Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling suggests that phoenix tears can heal wounds, Terry Pratchett mentions that the presence of a phoenix forces people to tell the truth and Neil Gaiman wrote a short story about people eating the flesh of the phoenix to gain immortality.
The Phoenix is often referred to as a fire bird and burns itself in fire every 500-600 years. It burns itself to create a new fire bird, ready for another long life.
