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Phoenix Symbolism: Renewal, rebirth and destruction
2023-11-15 16:33:33 / MISTERE&KURIOZITETE
Ancient legend presents us with the image of a magical, radiant bird that lives for hundreds of years before dying by bursting into flames. Then he is reborn from the ashes, to start a new, equally long life. So powerful is its symbolism that it is a motif and image still used today in popular culture and folklore. This is the great Phoenix.
The legendary phoenix is a large bird, somewhat like an eagle, with strong colors of red, purple and yellow, as it is associated with the rising Sun and fire. His eyes are blue and they shine like sapphire stones.
He builds his own funeral ground and lights it with a single blow of the flames. After death, this bird is gloriously reborn from the ashes and flies on. The phoenix therefore symbolizes renewal and resurrection, and has been used to represent many themes such as the Sun, time, resurrection, sanctification, an empire, metempsychoses, Heaven, Christ, Mary, virginity and extraordinary people.
Tina Garnet writes in her book that "The phoenix in Egyptian, Arabic and Greek mythology is the long-lived bird: When he feels that his end is near, he builds a nest of the best aromatic plants, then sets them on fire and is crushed by them . From the pile of ashes, a new and powerful Phoenix is then born. Then he embalmed the ashes of his ancestor in an egg and flew to the city of the Sun, Heliopolis, where he deposited the egg on the altar of the Sun God."
Meanwhile, there are lesser known versions of this myth, in which the Phoenix dies and decomposes before its rebirth. The Greeks called it the Phoenix, but the ancient Egyptians called it Benu, the American Indians the Lightning Bird, the Russians the Firebird, by the Chinese Feng Huang and by the Japanese Hō-.
It is believed that the Greeks called the Canaanites Phoenicians, which may derive from the Greek word "Phoenix", which means purple. In fact, the symbology of the Phoenix is also closely related to the Phoenicians. In perhaps the earliest example of legend, the Egyptians depicted Benu as part of their creation myth.
He lived on top of the ben-ben rocks or obelisks and was worshiped along with the gods Osiris and Ra. Benu is seen as an avatar of Osiris, as a living symbol of the deity. The solar bird appears in ancient talismans as a symbol of rebirth and immortality, and was associated with the period of flooding of the Nile, bringing new wealth and fertility.
The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the priests of ancient Heliopolis said that the bird lived for 500 years before building and lighting its last nest. His descendants would rise and lead the priests to the altar of the temple at Heliopolis.
In ancient Greece it was said that the bird does not consume fruit, but incense and aromatic meats. At the same time he was gathering cinnamon for his nest, in preparation for death. In Asia, the Phoenix reigns over all birds, and is the symbol of the Chinese Empress and feminine grace, as well as the Sun and the south.
The sight of the Phoenix was regarded as a good sign that a wise leader had ascended the throne, and that a new era had begun. He was a representative of the Chinese virtues: kindness, sense of duty, kindness and trustworthiness.
Palaces and temples were guarded by guardian ceramic animals, all led by the Phoenix. The mythical phoenix is included in many religions, and represents eternal life, destruction, creation and new beginnings. Because of the themes of death and resurrection, it was also used as a symbol in early Christianity, as an analogy of Christ's death and his resurrection 3 days later.
His image became a popular symbol on early Christian tombstones. It is also symbolic of a cosmic fire, which some believe created the world, which will eventually consume it. In Jewish legend the Phoenix is known as Milkam – a faithful and immortal bird.
Back in Eden, at the time Eve ate the forbidden apple, she tempted the animals of the garden with the forbidden fruit. The bird Milkam refused the offer, and for his faith was given a city where he would live almost forever in peace, reborn every 1,000 years, and being immune to the Angel of Death.
The phoenix is also an alchemical symbol. It represents changes during chemical reactions and progress through colors, properties of matter, and is related to the progress of alchemy in creating the Great Work, or finding the Philosopher's Stone.
Modern additions to this myth in popular culture say that the tears of the Phoenix have great healing powers, and if the Phoenix is near no one can tell a lie. Constantly changing, the phoenix represents the idea that the end is actually just the beginning. Similar to this powerful myth, the symbol of the Phoenix will be reborn again and again in human legend and imagination. / Ancient Origins – Bota.al
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