Background phoenix

As you stand and watch, you are struck by the tiredness of the creature that is clearly evident — though in no way takes away from its beauty. The sun begins to rise and the bird begins to stretch. Its feathers are a beautiful hue of gold and red — the Phoenix. It cranes its head back as it sings a haunting melody that stops the sun itself in the sky.

In three days, the Phoenix will rise from the ashes — born again. The story of the Phoenix is legendary and is likely one of the most well known ancient myths in modern day. The legend is famous for the many elements it is said to concern — life and death, creation and destruction, even time itself is tied with the tale of the Phoenix.

The Phoenix. The Phoenix was known to be a majestic bird-like creature that lived in Paradise. The Phoenix, like all other creatures who live in Paradise, was known to live a good life. It was a land of unimaginable perfection and beauty and was said to exist somewhere beyond the brilliance of the sun.

However, in time, the bird began to feel the affects of its age. After 1, years had passed, it was ready to move on. As the Phoenix was known to live in Paradise, it was also known that it could never truly die. However, it was possible for the creature to be reborn. As such, this is what happened in order for the creature to be born again.

First, the Phoenix flew west into the mortal world. It was necessary to come to leave Paradise and enter our world so that the creature could be reborn. It flew west until it reached the spice groves that grew in Arabia. It stopped there to collect only the finest herbs and spices especially cinnamon before continuing its journey to Phoenicia which was likely named after the creature.

Once the Phoenix reached Phoenicia, it built a nest of the herbs and spices it had gathered and waited for the sun to rise. The next morning, when the sun god began to drag his chariot across the sky, the Phoenix would turn east to face him as the sun rose above the horizon.

It would then sing one of the most beautiful and haunting melodies known to man — so perfect that even the sun god had to pause and listen to the sweet notes. When the Phoenix finished its farewell song, the sun god readied his chariots and continued his journey across the sky. This caused a spark to fall from the sky and ignite the nest of herbs and the Phoenix in flames. All that was left was a tiny worm.

This, however, was not the end of the cycle. After three days, a new Phoenix would rise from the ashes supposedly transformed from the worm and begin the next cycle of 1, years. It would carry the remaining ashes of its parent to the great Heliopolis and then return to Paradise until its cycle came to an end.

While the above tale is the most common version of the rebirth of the Phoenix, there are alternative versions that are also passed down. The first is that instead of flying to Phoenicia to end its cycle of life, the Phoenix flew to Heliopolis and gave itself to the fires of the sun city.

From these fires, the new Phoenix emerges and then flies back to the land of Paradise. There are also some versions where the Phoenix completes its journey as described above from Paradise to Arabia and then Phoenicia and then dies with the rising of the sun the next morning.

The body begins to decompose most versions of this story say this process lasts three days and once it has reached the final stages of decomposition the new Phoenix emerges from the remains of the first. Finally, a lesser known version of the story of the Phoenix claims that the Phoenix begins to show signs of age when it reaches the final years of its lifespan. It flies to the mortal world — losing many of its beautiful feathers and lovely coloration along the way.

When it finished building its nest, it sets itself on fire similar to the first version allowing the next Phoenix to come forward. Temple of Ra, Egypt. To do this, the Phoenix flies off and begins to gather the finest myrrh it can find to form into a ball. It gathers as much as it can carry and then flies back to the nest it emerged from. Once back at its nest, the Phoenix begins to hollow out the egg of myrrh and creates a small opening on the side so that it can begin to put its predecessors ashes inside.

Once it has gathered all the ashes and put them inside the egg, it seals the opening in the cremation egg with myrrh and carries the remains back to Heliopolis. It leaves the remains on top of an alter in the temple of Ra and then begins its new life by flying back to the land of Paradise. There are several variations on the tale of the Phoenix, but most versions say that the Phoenix resides in Paradise. This land is said to be a perfect world that was beyond the sun and was sometimes considered to be a representation of Heaven.

However, there were also other versions of the story that gave other locations as residences of the Phoenix. One location that was claimed to be the home of the Phoenix was the Heliopolis city of the sun. This may be because the Heliopolis was where the Phoenix was entombed after death.

In some versions of the story, this is also where the Phoenix was reborn. The Greeks claimed that the Phoenix was known to live next to a well in Arabia. According to their records, the Phoenix bathed itself in the well every morning at dawn and sang a song so beautiful that Apollo himself the sun god had to stop his chariots in the sky to listen to the melody. The Phoenix was known to be one of the most beautiful and perfect creatures by those who recognized it — likely because the creature was associated with Paradise where all things are perfect.

Most accounts of the Phoenix describe it as being red and yellow in coloration, though there are many variations. All that is known is that the appearance of the mighty bird was unlike any other and that it stood out because of is feathers. In Greek mythology, there is also an association with the color purple — possibly because of their city, Phoenicia. Feel free to send us your "Phoenix Desktop Backgrounds", we will select the best ones and publish them on this page.

A wallpaper or background also known as a desktop wallpaper, desktop background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers is a digital image photo, drawing etc. On a computer it is usually for the desktop, while on a mobile phone it is usually the background for the 'home' or 'idle' screen. Though most devices come with a default picture, users can usually change it to custom files of their choosing.

A mobile wallpaper is a computer wallpaper sized to fit a mobile device such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant or digital audio player. The height is often greater than or equal to the width. Wallpapers can typically be downloaded at no cost from various websites for modern phones such as those running Android, iOS, or Windows Phone operating systems.

Dial in from the desert on your next Zoom conference call with one of these iconic Phoenix scenes — a saguaro is always our favorite conversation starter. Put the pieces together to create some of your favorite desert scenes with these online jigsaw puzzles. Frame your Facebook Story or profile picture with a Visit Phoenix frame — just click on "Add Frame" when updating your profile picture on Facebook, and search for "Visit Phoenix.

If you're looking for some tunes to accompany you on your road trip, or just need something to listen to while you work, we've created a few Spotify playlists featuring artists who have called Phoenix home. Find the links to playlists below, or check out our blog on some of these famous musicians. Travel Responsibly. Things To Do. Places To Stay. Sonoran Desert. Greater Phoenix.