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How often does the phoenix rise from the ashes?
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#50278. Asked by Valf. (Aug 15 04 8:50 AM)
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TabbyTom
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Every 500 years, according to Hutchinson's Encyclopaedia, the Oxford Companion to English Literature and several quotations in the Oxford English Dictionary.
However, there are usually more than one version of a classical myth, and so there may be other equally good answers.
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Brainyblonde
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There is only one Phoenix at a time; it lives for many years (accounts vary from 500, 540, 1000 or 1460 years.) This legend was very common among the Egyptians, the Greek, oriental cultures, and during medieval times.
http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/phoenix.htm
Most sites say 500 or 1461.
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