BESTIARY: Phoenix

The phoenix is a purple or red bird that lives in Arabia. There is only one living phoenix in the world at any time. When it is old, it builds a pyre of wood and spices and climbs on to it. There it faces the sun and the fire ignites; it fans the fire with its wings until it is completely consumed. Some say it is the sun that ignites the fire; others say that the phoenix starts it by striking its beak against a stone, or that stones gathered with spices in the pyre rub together to create a spark. A new phoenix rises from the ash of the old. he story of the phoenix is taken as an allegory of the death and resurrection of Christ, who had the power to lay down his life and to take it back again.

Part of the BESTIARY series loop animation, 2048x2048px (2K) 30fps 3sec 2024 by Marcelo Pinel CyberMysticGarden @cybermistic