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                                                                                                                      Fantasy Art & Tarot by Jennifer L Saeger







    A phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends).
    It has a 500 to 1,000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of myrrh twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn
    fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again.
    The new phoenix is destined to live as long as its old self. In some stories, the new phoenix embalms the ashes of its old self in an
    egg made of myrrh and deposits it in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis (sun city in Greek).

    Let us consider that wonderful sign [of the resurrection] which takes place in Eastern lands, that is, in Arabia and the countries round
    about. There is a certain bird which is called a phoenix. This is the only one of its kind, and lives five hundred years. And when the time of
    its dissolution draws near that it must die, it builds itself a nest of frankincense, and myrrh, and other spices, into which, when the time is
    fulfilled, it enters and dies. But as the flesh decays a certain kind of worm is produced, which, being nourished by the juices of the dead
    bird, brings forth feathers.
     Then, when it has acquired strength, it takes up that nest in which are the bones of its parent, and bearing these it passes from the land of
    Arabia into Egypt, to the city called Heliopolis. And, in open day, flying in the sight of all men, it places them on the altar of the sun, and
    having done this, hastens back to its former abode. The priests then inspect the registers of the dates, and find that it has returned
    exactly as the five hundredth year was completed.

    Originally, the phoenix was identified by the Egyptians as a stork or heron-like bird called a benu, known from the Book of the Dead
    and other Egyptian texts as one of the sacred symbols of worship at Heliopolis, closely associated with the rising sun and the
     Egyptian sun-god Ra.

    The Greeks identified it with their own word phoenix φοίνιξ, meaning the color purple-red or crimson (cf. Phoenicia).
    They and the Romans subsequently pictured the bird more like a peacock or an eagle. According to the Greeks the phoenix lived in
    Phoenicia next to a well. At dawn, it bathed in the water of the well, and the Greek sun-god Helios stopped his chariot (the sun) in order to
    listen to its song. Featured in the painting Heracles Strangles Snakes (House of the Vettii, Pompeii Italy) as Zeus, the king of the gods.

    "Phoenix" is also the English-language name given to the most important bird in Chinese mythology, the fenghuang, with its own set of
    characteristics and symbolic meanings.
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PHOENIX FANTASY ART
Moonlight Phoenix $12.00
Sepia Phoenix $12.00
Green Forest Phoenix
$12.00
Jewel Phoenix $10.00
Parchment print
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Sunburst Phoenix $12.00  
All prints are 8.5x11 inches in size.
Black and white are on acid-free
parchment paper and color prints
are on high quality photo paper.