The origin of the phoenix has been attributed to Ancient Egypt by Herodotus and later 19th-century scholars, but other scholars think the Egyptian texts may have been influenced by classical folklore.
In the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, a tool used by folklorists, the phoenix is classified as motif B32. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and decomposes before being born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor. The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures such as Egyptian and Persian) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. A depiction of a phoenix by Friedrich Justin Bertuch, (1806)
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