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In ancient Egyptian mythology, Bena is depicted as a heron that has a feathered headdress, but is sometimes shown without a headdress.
It may have a different image - a bird with a human head.
The Bennu bird, according to legend, is reborn every day, rising with the sun and renewing itself in its rays. Her ability to be reborn meant that she was also associated with Osiris, the dead and the idea of resurrection.
The original bird Bennu, who created the world, was born from a flame in the crown of the Perseus tree, which grew on top of the obelisk.
The Benna bird is endowed with significant a large number characteristics of a phoenix. She lived for at least 500 years before catching fire and being reborn from the ashes. The ashes were then placed on the altar to the sun god.
Benu was considered the Ba (soul) of Ra, later the soul of Osiris and is associated with the cult of the dead.
The Benu bird is the ancient Egyptian god of eternal life or rebirth. He appeared in the form of a gray heron, personifying the Sun God.
The Benu bird arose on its own.
Benu became the first creature to appear on the primary hill that arose among the watery chaos of silt, which marked the beginning of the creation of the world.
According to some myths, before the creation of the world, this bird flew over the ocean and landed on the Benben rock that emerged from the water.
Her cry broke the silence and symbolized the beginning of the creation of the world.
This cry determined what should be and what should not be allowed in the new world.
Benu was revered in Heliopolis as the patron of large time cycles.
A symbolic sign representing a bird was used to write the name of the sun god.
Every morning she appears in the form of the sun.
Her comparison with the sun led to Bena being considered an immortal bird that is reborn from the ashes.
The sacred fetishes of the Benu bird are the Benben stone and the Ished tree on which it lives.
Amulets depicting the Benu bird were supposed to help the dead successfully continue life in the afterlife.
The ancient Greeks identified Benu with the phoenix.
The Bennu bird is the creative principle, the producer of the Cosmic Egg.
The sacred bird of Heliopolis was first the wagtail, and later the heron.
With her long straight beak that adorned her head and two downward feathers, she seemed like the sun emerging from the water.
Her name VenuPhoenix means to shine, to rise.
Benu maintained a cult together with the cult of the sun god Ra in Heliopolis, where she lived on the benben stone or on the sacred willow tree.
Vnu-Phoenix was considered the “master of anniversaries,” which was explained by the idea of the long life of a wonderful bird.
The image of Venu appears in almost all papyri that talk about the afterlife; You can often see a composition of the deceased standing before Benu.
The sacred bird Benu belongs to the crested heron species. She had golden or bluish plumage, her image was always distinguished by a clearly defined silhouette, a high body on long legs. The heron's plumage - golden with red flashes - symbolized the sun.
The Phoenix Vein also symbolized the spiral ascent of Sirius, which in ancient times was a sign of the Nile flood.
In Egypt, Venu the phoenix was a symbol of the solar cycle and a manifestation of the soul of Ra, the sun god, associated with Heliopolis, the center of initiation into the priesthood of the cult of this deity.
Anticipating the approach of death, Venu-Phoenix built himself a nest on a tall palm tree from the branches of aromatic plants, put incense in the nest, lit it, and burned in the flames of this fire. And miraculously arose from the ashes - a new Venu-Phoenix, who laid the ashes of his “father” on the altar of the Sun, that is, the god Ra in the Egyptian Heliopolis - the city of the Sun.
This fabulous bird, associated with the cult of the Sun, appeared in Egypt from Indian and Arab mythology.
Venu-Phoenix became the herald of Eternity, and at the same time the guide of the souls of the dead to the underworld. Phoenix is an attribute of Osiris.
(Egypt.) A word referring to two symbols, which are both translated as "Phoenix". One was Shen-shen (heron), and the other was a bird of a difficult to describe species called Reh (red); both of them were dedicated to Osiris. It was the latter who was the ordinary Phoenix of the great Mysteries, a typical symbol of self-creation and rebirth through death - the prototype of Solar Osiris and the divine Ego in man. In addition, both the Heron and the Reh were symbols of cycles: the former of the solar year of 365 days, the latter of the tropical year, or a period spanning almost 26,000 years. In both cases these cycles were types of the return of light from darkness, the annual and great cyclical return of the solar god to the place of his birth, or - his Resurrection. Reh-Benu is described by Macrobius as living 660 years and then dying, while others have extended his life to 1460 years. Pliny the Naturalist depicts Rech as big bird with gold and purple wings and a long, blue tail. As every reader knows, the Phoenix, sensing the approach of its end - according to tradition - builds a funeral pyre for itself on the top of the sacrificial altar, and then climbs onto it to offer itself there as a burnt offering. Then a worm appears in the ashes, which grows and quickly develops into a new Phoenix, reborn from the ashes of its predecessor.
Source: "Theosophical Dictionary"
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Little is known about Ben, except that he laid a primordial egg. However, ancient Greek authors tell us in detail many myths about the phoenix bird, with which they identified Benu.
SWAN SONG!
“The bird which we call the phoenix and which appears in Egypt every five hundred years, all this time soars in the Indus (the skies of the East). He is the only one of his kind. It is born from the rays of the sun and all sparkles with gold. In length and weight it is like an eagle. He lives in a nest that he builds for himself from herbs found at the source of the Nile. As for the stories of the Egyptians that it flies over their lands, this is confirmed by evidence that the phoenix burns in its nest, singing its funeral song to itself. Those who know how to listen to them say the same about swans.” Philostratus of Athens. "Life of Apollonius", book III.
Mentions of Benu have been found since the era of the Old Kingdom. In these ancient times he was already associated with the planet Venus, which was believed to rule the sun. This was precisely the key task of Benu: to make possible the birth of Ra and bring him to the primordial land that arose from Nun, that is, to benben!
Ra born from an egg
Heliopolis mythology is rich in versions of the story of the birth of the god Ra. The Egyptians talked about a lotus flower that appeared on the surface of the primordial ocean Nuna and from which the sun rose. In this case, Ra was associated with the god Nefertum ("great lotus"). They also told about the egg from which the sun appeared. But who laid this egg? The myth ascribes paternity to the primordial bird, the “great chatterer,” whose cry first broke the silence. This bird's name was Benu. Initially described as a simple wagtail, Benu soon acquired the characteristics of a majestic stork-like bird that rules the waters: the characteristics of a gray heron. And finally, he became the first creature to land on the primordial hill, on the first land that emerged from the water, which he obtained with a flap of his wing. This land received the telling name benben!
Ben becomes a phoenix!
This creature has lived on Earth since time immemorial, which led the Egyptians to think about its exceptional longevity. Greek authors brought these myths to us in amazing stories. This is what Herodotus (an ancient Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC) reports in his work “History”: “There is another sacred bird called the phoenix... We see it infrequently. According to the Heliopolitans, she appears in their area only once every five hundred years, when her father flies to die.” The Roman author Ovid in the XV book of “Metamorphoses” clarifies: “He feeds not on grain or grass, but on the tears of incense and the juice of amom. As soon as the five centuries allotted to his life end, he immediately sits on the branches of a palm tree or on its swaying top.
There he builds his nest with claws and beak, clean from all filth. To do this, he collects spikelets, fragrant nectar, pieces of cinnamon, and myrrh sparkling with gold. He lays down on it all and ends his life amid the fragrance. A small phoenix then appears from the father's body, which will live the same number of years. When he is strong enough to lift the load, he rescues his nest from the branches of the tree and respectfully carries away his cradle, which is also the grave of his father. Soaring on the light winds of the city of Hyperion (Heliopolis), he leaves his burden at the sacred doors of his temple.
Father and son
Herodotus explains what he has learned: “If he is as he is described, the plumage of his wings is part gold and part red. It is most similar in size to an eagle. They tell of one thing about him that seems unique to me: he leaves Arabia and goes to the temple of the Sun with the body of his father, which is covered with myrrh. He buries his father in this temple. He does this in the following way: from myrrh he makes a lump in the shape of an egg, which weighs as much as he can lift; he lifts the egg and checks whether it is too heavy; after such a check, he hollows out the egg and places the father's body inside; he then seals the hole with myrrh so as to restore the original weight. Having sealed the egg in this way, he carries it to Egypt, to the Temple of the Sun. This is what they say this bird does.”
Phoenix: image of salvation
Other myths describe how the phoenix is resurrected every five hundred years after a fiery death on a bonfire of incense, which is ignited by the last ray of the setting sun. In all these cases, the Benu (or phoenix) is an example of amazing longevity and limitless ability to be reborn from its own ashes. This feature is celebrated before the birth of Christianity in the first centuries of our era.
THREE PHOENIXES - GUARDIANS OF THE FUNERAL URN OF KING SOLOMON
In 1945, excavations of the most important library of the Coptic language took place in Henoboskion, in Upper Egypt (among the Copts - Sheneset, and now - Nag Hamadi). Among the five hundred and two discovered manuscripts there was an apocryphal Gospel of Thomas and an untitled manuscript with apocalyptic content. This apocalyptic text tells of a song (certainly much older, perhaps even from the time of the pharaohs) called the “song of the three phoenixes.” She tells us that the task of these three birds was to accompany the moving sun along with the “kalkirs”. Chalkirs are seven funeral urns in which King Solomon imprisoned evil spirits and which he left under the guard of Egyptian priests.
Images, symbols, encrypted messages - this is my way of thinking. It was easy for me to stop the internal dialogue - I have few thoughts in my head. Basically, these are images.
One of my favorite subjects is birds. How many different ones I have sculpted, only Veles knows :)) And the Phoenix bird is the most favorite character among them. The very sacred meaning of the life of this mysterious fiery entity introduces me to a trembling state of delight and rebirth. Every time I give birth to a new Phoenix, I am born myself. Why not meditation?
These two Divas in the top picture are the birds of Sirina. I personally drew them for myself, a kind of totem for abundance. They are always on the alert, guarding my life, when one is sleeping, the other is awake.
I suppose that the roots of this passion for birds are again buried in the deep past. Symbols of Sirius included birds and snakes. Sirin - Sirius. Gods with bird heads, Eagle eating souls. Phoenix bird flying to Heliopolis... Why don't people fly like birds? (c)
The eternal desire of the Spirit for ascension and return to its native land. Watching the flight of birds, listening to their singing, admiring the intricate plumage, what can compare with this? The bird is an image of the living Spirit, soaring high in the holy Heavens. And the Phoenix bird is the image of the Eternal Spirit, reborn in the crucible of fiery passions.
Let's look at different versions of Phoenix.
Phoenix(Greek Φοῖνιξ, Pers. ققنوس, Latin phoenix; possibly from Greek φοίνιξ, “purple, crimson”) is a mythological bird with the ability to burn itself and then be reborn. Known in the mythologies of different cultures, it is often associated with the solar cult. It was believed that the phoenix has appearance, similar to an eagle with bright red or golden-red plumage. Anticipating death, he burns himself in his own nest, and a chick emerges from the ashes. According to other versions of the myth, the Phoenix itself is reborn from the ashes. It was generally believed that the Phoenix was the only, unique individual of its species. In a metaphorical interpretation, the Phoenix is a symbol of eternal renewal.
The first written mention of the Phoenix myth is found in Herodotus (5th century BC). He reports that this is a bird from Arabia, lives for 500 years with its parent, and when it dies, it flies to the temple of the Sun God in the Egyptian city of Heliopolis and buries the parent’s body there. Herodotus does not mention the self-burning of the Phoenix and the subsequent revival, and characterizes the myth itself as implausible. Tacitus also considers the legend as a whole a fiction, but writes that during the consulate of Paul Fabius and Lucius Vitellius (around 35 AD), many in Egypt saw the arrival of the Phoenix. In Tacitus' retelling, the Phoenix gives birth to a chick once every 500 years, after which it dies. The legend is also mentioned by other ancient authors, most of whom already include the act of self-immolation of the Phoenix in their presentation.
In the Christian world, the Phoenix means the triumph of eternal life, resurrection, faith, constancy; it is a symbol of Christ. In early Christianity, the Phoenix is constantly found on funeral slabs: here its meaning is victory over death, resurrection from the dead. In Rus', the Phoenix had analogues: Firebird and Finist.
IN Jewish Kabbalah There are some interpretations of the events that took place in Gan Eden (Garden of Eden), which say that Chava (Eve) fed the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to her husband Adam and all the animals, birds and beasts. Only one stubborn bird, the Phoenix, did not succumb to temptation, and because of this subsequently retained its relative immortality. This bird lives forever, every thousand years it burns in the flames coming out of its nest, and is again reborn from the ashes. It is also mentioned here about giant bird Ziz, who can cover the entire sun with one wing. Both of these birds, according to legend, were inhabitants of Gan Eden (Garden of Eden) during the stay of Adam and Eve (Hawa).
There is another legend about an immortal bird. During the 12-month stay of righteous Noah (Noah) in the Ark during the flood, he fed the animals there. Of all the inhabitants of the ark, only the Phoenix lay, modestly napping in a corner, and to the question of Noah (Noach): Why don’t you demand food for yourself, he answered: “I saw how much trouble you had with others, and did not dare to bother you.” Touched by these words, Noah (Noah) said: “You took pity on my labor, sympathizing with my sorrows.” May the Almighty send you eternal life.
It should be noted that, along with the Phoenix, this bird is in some places referred to as Khol (from Hebrew - sand, dust, ashes), and Orshina.
Bennu (Ben-Ben)- in Egyptian mythology, the bird is an analogue of the phoenix. According to legend, it is the soul of the god Ra. The name is related to the word "weben", meaning "to shine".
According to legend, Bennu emerged from a fire that burned on a sacred tree in the courtyard of the Temple of Ra. According to another version, Bennu escaped from the heart of Osiris. He was depicted as a gray, blue or white heron with a long beak and a tuft of two feathers, as well as a yellow wagtail or an eagle with red and gold feathers. There are also depictions of Bennu as a man with the head of a heron.
Bennu personified the resurrection from the dead and the annual flooding of the Nile. Symbolized the solar principle.
Firebird- a fairytale bird, a character in Russian fairy tales, is usually the goal of searching for the hero of a fairy tale. The feathers of the firebird have the ability to shine and their brilliance amazes human vision. The Firebird is a fiery bird, its feathers shine with silver and gold (Ognivak’s feathers are reddish), its wings are like tongues of flame, and its eyes glow like crystal. It reaches the size of a peacock.
The Firebird lives in the Garden of Eden of Iria, in a golden cage. At night it flies out of it and illuminates the garden with itself as brightly as thousands of lit lights.
Catching the firebird is fraught with great difficulties and is one of the main tasks that the king (father) sets to his sons in the fairy tale. The only way to get the firebird is youngest son. Mythologists (Afanasyev) explained the firebird as the personification of fire, light, sun. The firebird feeds on golden apples, which give youth, beauty and immortality; When she sings, pearls fall from her beak.
The singing of the firebird heals the sick and restores sight to the blind. Leaving aside arbitrary mythological explanations, we can compare the firebird with medieval stories about the Phoenix bird, reborn from the ashes, very popular in both Russian and Western European literature. The prototype of the Firebird is the peacock. Rejuvenating apples, in turn, can be compared with the fruits of the pomegranate tree, a favorite delicacy of phoenixes.
Every year, in the fall, the Firebird dies and is reborn in the spring. Sometimes you can find a fallen feather from the Firebird's tail; brought into a dark room, it will replace the richest lighting. Over time, such a feather turns into gold.
To catch, Firebirds use a golden cage with apples inside as a trap. You cannot catch it with your bare hands, as you can get burned on its plumage.
Sirin- in ancient Russian art and legends, a bird of paradise with the head of a maiden. Sirin is believed to represent the Christianization of pagan mermaids - the pitchforks. Often depicted together with another bird of paradise, Alkonost, but the head of Sirin is sometimes uncovered, with a halo around it. Sirin sings songs of joy, while Alkonost sings songs of sadness.
Alkonost(alkonst, alkonos) - in Russian art and legends, a bird of paradise with the head of a maiden. Often mentioned and depicted together with another bird of paradise, Sirin.
The most ancient images of Sirin date back to the 10th century and were preserved on clay plates and temple rings (Kyiv, Korsun). In medieval Russian legends, Sirin is clearly considered a bird of paradise, which sometimes flies to earth and sings prophetic songs about future bliss], but sometimes these songs can be harmful to a person (you can lose your mind). Therefore, in some legends, Sirin takes on a negative meaning, so that she is even considered a dark bird, a messenger of the underworld.
Gamayun- V Slavic mythology a prophetic bird that sings divine songs to people and foretells the future for those who know how to hear the secret. Gamayun knows everything in the world. When Gamayun flies from sunrise, a deadly storm arrives.
The original image may have come from ancient Greek mythology (sirens). Depicted with a woman's head and breasts. In the mythology of ancient Iranians there is an analogue - the bird of joy Humaya
“I am deadly to those who are tender and young.
I am the bird of sadness, I am Gamayun.
But I won’t touch you, grey-eyed one, go.
I will close my eyes, I will fold my wings on my chest,
So that without noticing me,
you have taken the right path.
I will freeze, I will die, so that you can find your happiness...”
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