Why are there phoenixes in myths all over the world? They can all be reborn from the ashes. Is this a coincidence?

Speaking of phoenix, the first thing that comes to mind is the phoenix reborn from the fire. Today, it seems that many countries in the world have the image of a phoenix, and they all have the characteristics of being reborn from the fire. We all know that many countries have their own fairy tales, but there is little connection between myths and legends between countries. The "God" in one country's mythology is very different from that in another country, but why is the "Phoenix" in every country?

First of all, it must be clear that there is no "Phoenix" in other countries except China. Modern people call many mythical birds "phoenixes", which are translated into phoenixes because they have many similarities with phoenixes. In China, the phoenix originally refers to two kinds of creatures, the phoenix is female and the phoenix is male. They are the kings of birds, symbolizing the harmony between auspiciousness and auspiciousness. Besides myths, they are also important elements of China culture.

"Shan Hai Jing" records: "There is a bird, which looks like a chicken and is named Feng Di." Later, the image of the phoenix gradually became the image of the former deer and the latter deer, while the image of Yan Xiafeng's beak became a collection of many birds and animals and became a sacred object. However, The Classic of Mountains and Seas also records the saying that "the eggs of phoenix birds are food and the nectar is drinking", which means that the phoenix lays eggs and can be eaten. In fact, there is no record of phoenix rebirth in China mythology. It is generally believed that the phoenix will be reborn from the ashes because of the influence of the "immortal bird" in western mythology.

In our opinion, the fairy bird is the "phoenix", but in fact there is still a big difference between the two. The immortal bird is a god bird in Greek mythology, but it originally came from Egypt. Legend has it that this bird will be reborn every 500 years, which is a symbol of eternal life and has a special way of rebirth. Every 500 years or so, fairy birds collect all kinds of fragrant wood or grass and pile them together to set themselves on fire. They will be reborn as young birds in the burning ashes. It is also said that a worm will be born in the bone of the fairy bird, and this worm will eventually grow into a new fairy bird.

So some people think that the fairy bird is actually a huge bird that likes to be clean. They will smoke their wings on the fire and kill the parasites on them. In addition to the immortal birds, the flamingo in Russian mythology, the Egyptian sun god bird "La" and the legendary birds such as Yel in the United States all have the ability of rebirth, but only the phoenix in China has not mentioned this ability, and these birds also belong to the god birds because of the same rebirth characteristics, and they were called the phoenix after being introduced into China.

Actually, this is not right. Phoenix is a unique mythological product of China. The biggest difference lies in its symbolic meaning. Even Suzaku is very different from Phoenix. They are by no means the same sacred object. It's not Hongfeng, it's Suzaku. This is just a modern myth.