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Simurgh vs Phoenix - What's the difference?

simurgh | phoenix |

As proper nouns the difference between simurgh and phoenix

is that simurgh is a gigantic winged benevolent creature while Phoenix is a mythical firebird; especially the sacred one from ancient Egyptian mythology.

As a noun phoenix is

a mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.

simurgh

English

(wikipedia Simurgh)

Alternative forms

* Simorgh * Senmurv, Senmurw (Middle Persian)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Iranian mythology) A gigantic winged benevolent creature.

    • phoenix

    English

    (wikipedia phoenix)

    Alternative forms

    * phenix, , pheonix

    Noun

  • (mythology) A mythological bird, said to be the only one of its kind, which lives for 500 years and then dies by burning to ashes on a pyre of its own making, ignited by the sun. It then arises anew from the ashes.
  • (figuratively) Anything that is reborn after apparently being destroyed. Usually used as a simile.
    • Astronomers believe planets might form in this dead star's disk, like the mythical Phoenix rising up out of the ashes.
  • (mythology) A mythological Chinese chimerical bird whose physical body symbolizes the six celestial bodies.

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