The Firebirds
Fire as renewal rather than ruin is a thought many traditions had independently, and each time it took avian shape, so that the phoenix, the fenghuang, the hō-ō and the zhar-ptitsa all cycle through flame back into themselves. The tie is not plumage. It is the proposition that an ending, correctly performed, is an intake of breath.
What binds them
- Phoenix like firebird · 7 of them
- Harbinger of peace and prosperity · 7 of them
- Iridescent feathers shift color with angle · 6 of them
- Emotional manipulation · 5 of them
- Body wreathed in flames · 5 of them
- Healing · 4 of them
- Resurrection by self immolation · 3 of them
- Precognition · 1 of them
Drawn from 10 groups of traditions: East Asian 6 · None 2 · Middle Eastern 2 · Celtic 1 · African 1 · South Asian 1 · North American Indigenous 1 · Southeast Asian 1 · Slavic 1 · Norse-Germanic 1
17 members
- Abada
- Anqa
- Arkan Sonney
- Bakeneko
- Bennu
- Byangoma
- Fenghuang
- Hō-ō
- Huma
- Jujak
- Kesaran-pasaran
- Nekomata
- Nerthus
- Phoenix
- Rain Bird
- Warak ngendog
- Zhar-Ptitsa
Resemblance is not descent; descent is drawn only as the gold lines on the constellation. All families.