Phoenix
	Other Names:
	Phenix Bird of the Sun
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	Bird of Greek and Egyptian mythology. It lived in Arabia near a cool well, where it bathed itself everyday at dawn and would sing a song so beautiful that the sun would stop to hear it sing. It lived for 500 years (or in some accounts 1461 years), and when it felt its death approaching, it would build itself a nest made of aromatic would, set it ablaze, then consumed itself in fire. It would later be renewed through its ashes. Its plumage was golden yellow or red, and it is associated with the peacock or the eagle. It symbolized immortality and life after death, and was associated with the sun and various sun-gods, including Apollo of the ancient Greeks and Ra of the ancient Egyptians. Only one phoenix exists at a time.