Phoenix
Also Known as the: Simurgh, Benu (Bennu) Bird,  Firebird or Fenghuang

"They have also another sacred bird called the phoenix which I myself have never seen, except in pictures. Indeed it is a great rarity, even in Egypt, only coming there (according to the accounts of the people of Heliopolis) once in five hundred years, when the old phoenix dies. Its size and appearance, if it is like the pictures, are as follow:- The plumage is partly red, partly golden, while the general make and size are almost exactly that of the eagle.”
- Herodotus

“In Chinese mythology, the phoenix is the symbol of high virtue and grace, of power and prosperity. It represents the union of yin and yang. It was thought to be a gentle creature, alighting so gently that it crushed nothing, and eating only dewdrops.”
- science-fiction-fantasy.com

    "The Simurgh, Truth's last flawless jewel, the light
    In which you will be lost to mortal sight,
    Dispersed to nothingness until once more
    You find in Me the selves you were before.'"
    -Mantiq al-Tayr, or the Parliament of Birds

Drawing
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Mature Content

Painting
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Mature Content

My Flower by Sundri

Mixed Media
Stained Glass Painting-Phoenix by sunhawk :thumb152897661: Phoenix Rising by Velvet-Dragon :thumb95923696: :thumb150378213: Phoenix Detail by Sasky Yuuna by KonsiWagner phoenix by CrazyScarlet Arcaillax by KonsiWagner Risen from the dead by Ririko Entre deux battements d'ailes by Little-Endian Rise Phoenix by Astarte-chan phoenix by missmonster Phoenix by unkraut Phoenix by Sasky phoenix...... from ashes by lovelycristina Red Phoenix Suzaku ver.2 by ShokokuPhoenix Aurora Phoenix by vantid Flight of the Phoenix by art-paperfox Phoenix by LeFreaks Blue phenix and Trybalfox by EosFoxx reverance by x-acution Fenghuang in Colour by DeverelDraws simurg by mahlukat


Sculpture/ Artisan Crafts
MAKING OF THE PHOENIX 7 by cheetor182 THE SCRAPPY PHOENIX by cheetor182 Phoenix Bust - whole by hornetcharmer 'The Phoenix Mask' by EnchantedMasquerade Phoenix Wall Sculpture by Jaybaby11 Phoenix Rising - July by NycterisA Phoenix by slenderthunder Phoenix by Balonmania Fawkes, the Phoenix by Vulkanette Aurora Phoenix by Nambroth ::Matches Phoenix:: by ExiledChaos :thumb111882901: Phoenix Mask by DeadLikeMe22 Three Generations I by Emiko-Cothran :thumb123830497: Phoenix by aeireono Phoenix Mask by taeliac phoenix by Skinz-N-Hydez Phoenix Ring by Angi-kat Phoenix Circle by TalyrasMirror Phoenix by Cuivielin Golden Phoenix by Richi89 Phoenix Ring by StephaniePride Phoenix by glas-kratzer :thumb107187213: Golden Phoenix Book by sunhawk Firebird - Leather Mask by windfalcon Bird of Bleach by Deadsound


Printing/Etching/Miscellaneous  
linocut print : senmurv by inkytwist Zal's One Request by koshii :thumb137990086: Firebird - Lino print by KuroTatsu-Hime Flight by KymYume Phoenix by BlackMagdalena Phoenix by moquirk89 :thumb49066976: woodcut - Fire Phoenix Orange by sunhawk Phoenix by designtuna


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