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El Ave Fénix es un ave mitológica del tamaño de un águila, de plumaje rojo, anaranjado y amarillo incandescente, de fuerte pico y garras. Cuando le llegaba la hora de morir, hacía un nido de especias y hierbas aromáticas, ponía un único huevo que empollaba durante tres días y al tercer día ardía, no se sabe si por el fuego que él mismo provocaba o por causa accidental. El Fénix se quemaba por completo, y al reducirse a cenizas, resurgía del huevo el mismo ave Fénix, siempre única y eterna.

The phoenix is a male bird with beautiful gold and red plumage. At the end of its life-cycle the phoenix builds itself a nest of cinnamon twigs that it then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix arises. The new phoenix embalms the ashes of the old phoenix in an egg made of myrrh and deposits it in Heliopolis ("the city of the sun" in Greek), located in Egypt. The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible — a symbol of fire and divinity.
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The body makes me this of a crane, and the feathers make me think of a flamingo. However, the head makes me think of some sort of fire dragon. You wouldn't think of that combination being this beautiful, I don't think, but this is absolutely splendid.