Phoenix Tattoos
The legendary mythological bird of fire, is probably the most popular
of all the rebirth and resurrection symbols. There are stories and fables that touch on the
Phoenix myth in the ancient Middle East, India, China and the Greek and Roman Empires.
In the myth the Phoenix is an extraordinarily long-lived bird of great beauty and luxuriant
plumage (often described as golden or red-hued), living five hundred years or more, a
fact attributed by one early Jewish legend that the Phoenix refused to eat the forbidden
fruit of Paradise. At the end of it's life the Phoenix would build a nest of aromatic twigs,
set fire to itself, and be consumed in the funeral pyre of it's own making. After three days
the Phoenix would arise from the ashes, reborn.
of all the rebirth and resurrection symbols. There are stories and fables that touch on the
Phoenix myth in the ancient Middle East, India, China and the Greek and Roman Empires.
In the myth the Phoenix is an extraordinarily long-lived bird of great beauty and luxuriant
plumage (often described as golden or red-hued), living five hundred years or more, a
fact attributed by one early Jewish legend that the Phoenix refused to eat the forbidden
fruit of Paradise. At the end of it's life the Phoenix would build a nest of aromatic twigs,
set fire to itself, and be consumed in the funeral pyre of it's own making. After three days
the Phoenix would arise from the ashes, reborn.
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