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Hansa Stuffed Plush Firebird Phoenix

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Firebird Phoenix

This handcrafted European style life-like stuffed plush Phoenix comes from Hansa.

Wire in the tail and legs makes this stunning piece fully poseable.

21 Inches Long
15 Inches Tall

Made in The Philippines

Hansa Stuffed Plush Firebird Phoenix
HN5106
$73.50

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No Longer Available
2 Dec 09


Phoenix - in ancient Egypt and in classical antiquity, a fabulous bird associated with the worship of the sun. The Egyptian phoenix was said to be as large as an eagle, with brilliant scarlet and gold plumage and a melodious cry. Only one phoenix existed at any time, and it was very long-lived—no ancient authority gave it a life span of less than 500 years. As its end approached, the phoenix fashioned a nest of aromatic boughs and spices, set it on fire, and was consumed in the flames. From the pyre miraculously sprang a new phoenix, which, after embalming its father's ashes in an egg of myrrh, flew with the ashes to Heliopolis (“City of the Sun”) in Egypt, where it deposited them on the altar in the temple of the Egyptian god of the sun, Re. A variant of the story made the dying phoenix fly to Heliopolis and immolate itself in the altar fire, from which the young phoenix then rose.

The Egyptians associated the phoenix with immortality, and that symbolism had a widespread appeal in late antiquity. The phoenix was compared to undying Rome, and it appears on the coinage of the late Roman Empire as a symbol of the Eternal City. It was also widely interpreted as an allegory of resurrection and life after death—ideas that also appealed to emergent Christianity.

"phoenix" Encyclopædia Britannica  from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.


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