Within the context of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter books, my own obsession with gathering material on the Phoenix – over the years, does not seem so strange. The following superb articles surfaced today during my session at the University Library . . . and may I add, that my Phoenix material, is generally indexed under FIRE SYMBOLISM, and of course also relates to Alchemical Imaginal Tradition, as well as having strong ancient Egyptian roots, thus locating the Phoenix, in the History of Religion of Africa. We seem [whoever the “we” may be] to forget that Ancient Egypt was African. Then of course, there are the Pictures! But then a Google of the word PHOENIX – will bring up a real can or worms . . Here are today’s items . .
Harrison, Thomas P., Bird of Paradise: Phoenix Redivivus, Isis, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Jun., 1960), pp. 173-180
McDonald, Mary Francis, Phoenix Redivivus, Phoenix, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Winter, 1960), pp. 187-206
Niehoff, M. R., The Phoenix in Rabbinic Literature, The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 89, No. 3 (Jul., 1996), pp. 245-265
Priest, Alan, Phoenix in Fact and Fancy, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct., 1942), pp. 97-101
Suhr, Elmer G., The Phoenix, Folklore, Vol. 87, No. 1 (1976), pp. 29-37
There is also a more technical Phoenix Bibliography at:
Medieval Bestiary : http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastbiblio149.htm
And elsewhere - the resources are vast . .
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