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Ovid said frankincense was the food of this bird that always rises again |
the phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
CREATURES IN MYTHOLOGY |
2017-05-23 |
#7537 |
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At the end of its life cycle, this mythical bird builds a nest of aromatic twigs that it then ignites |
phoenix
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$1,600 |
DJ |
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES |
2013-12-25 |
#6738 |
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This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis |
the phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
MYTHICAL CREATURES |
2009-11-20 |
#5795 |
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Every 500 years or so, this bird was reborn from its own ashes |
the Phoenix
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$800 |
DJ |
MYTHICAL MENAGERIE |
2007-11-30 |
#5345 |
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This Greek bird who rose from the ashes was probably inspired by a sacred Egyptian bird, the bennu |
the phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES |
2005-06-17 |
#4800 |
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Also the name of a city in Arizona, this mythical bird dies in a fire & is reborn from the ashes |
the Phoenix
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$1,200 |
DJ |
I MYTH YOU |
2002-09-17 |
#4147 |
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After this bird rose up from its ashes, it would gather them into a ball & fly them to Egypt |
the phoenix
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$200 |
DJ |
LEGENDARY HOTTIES |
1998-06-18 |
#3194 |
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When this mythical bird felt its death impending, it constructed a nest of aromatic plants & spices |
phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
1995-03-02 |
#2424 |
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This bird doesn't burn itself up very often--only about once every 500 years |
the phoenix
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$200 |
J |
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES |
1994-04-25 |
#2231 |
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From the ashes of its funeral pyre, a worm would emerge signalling the rebirth of this bird |
the Phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES |
1992-10-08 |
#1859 |
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This bird gathers up the ashes of its former self & carries them to the Egyptian altar of the sun |
the Phoenix
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$400 |
DJ |
LEGENDARY CREATURES |
1991-05-27 |
#1566 |
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After 500 years it kills itself in a fire & is reborn out of the ashes |
the Phoenix
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$1,000 |
DJ |
LEGENDS |
1989-10-06 |
#1170 |