The Benu Bird was anEgyptian versionof the more well-known phoenix. In Egyptian creation mythology, the Benu bird flew over the surface of chaos, landed, and let out a scream that broke the original primordial silence. This cry was said to decide what would be in this world and what woul...
Bird symbolism in the Greek imagination was common. Reverse-engineering the meaning of all these story-birds isn’t easy. For instance, we’ll never know for sure why Sirens took the form of a hybrid bird-woman, but we do know that in ancient mythology birds represented a number of things...
Vultures also have tremendous historical significance. They have been associated in ancient Egyptian culture. Nekhbet was the symbol of the protector and the motherhood, and together with the cobra, symbolized the unity between Upper and Lower Egypt. In Hindu mytholo...
But as the proud phoenix sacrificed itself in flame, a tiny worm would crawl from beneath the ashes. This worm grew in to a new phoenix. Its first task was to gather up its father’s ashes and bury them in the temple of the Egyptian sun god in Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. ...
Egyptian mythology has linked swallows with stars, thus linking them to the souls of the dead. In an Egyptian love poem, a swallow declares the dawn of new love. This bird has been linked with Greek mythology, and legend has it that Procne was transformed into a swallow by the gods to ...
CHIHUAHUA - (dog) see that you do not underestimate the power or abilities of the other person in a situation CHIMERA - a monster, part lion, part goat and part serpent, having one head from each of these animals.. A symbol of imaginings or rumour. In mythology, the chimera is said ...