In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-god Re and the Greek Phoibos (Apollo). According to the Greeks the bird lives in Arabia, nearby a cool well. Each morning at dawn, it would bathe in the water and sing such a beautiful song, that the sun-god stops his chariot to listen. There exists only one phoenix at the time.
When it felt its death approaching (every 500 or 1461 years), it would build a nest of aromatic wood and set it on fire, and was consumed by the flames. When it was burned, a new phoenix sprang forth from the pyre. It then embalmed the ashes of its predecessor in an egg of myrrh and flew with it to Heliopolis ("city of the sun"). There it would deposit the egg on the altar of the sun god.
The phoenix symbolizes rebirth of the spirit, immortality, resurrection, and life after death.
The Encylopedia Mythica
6 comments:
Great fractal, Agnes...and it fits perfectly with Phoenix.
I tend to associate Phoenix with Arizona though...haha...but that's just me ;)
Hope you're day is a good one :hugs:
Wow! Wow! Wow! 'Phoenix from the flames' - its gorgeous, love those vibrant colours.
Wonderful image! The colors are perfect and the text fits like a glove. Maybe you need to send your hubby away more often. :-)
Beautiful!!!
I love Mythology.
I think it's time to put the kids to bed and get over here hon. More than just the Phoenix is ready to rise. Boots optional. :-)
i love the Phoenix. i dunno, but for some reason the whole concept of the phoenix fascinates me... that it dies and then comes back.
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