Dublin Core
Title
Phoenix
Identifier
133
Symbol Item Type Metadata
Symbol name
Phoenix
Symbol Description
A legendary bird that lives for a thousand years, and when it dies, immolates itself in a nest set on fire by the sun. From its ashes and the marrow of its bones arises another phoenix to repeat the cycle. A clear symbol of destruction and re-creation, rebirth and change. It is the emperor of birds, associated with the sun, corresponding in alchemy to the color red,and the completion of a process.
Sources
Cirlot p. 253-254