How often does the phoenix rise from the ashes?

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How often does the phoenix rise from the ashes?

Question #50278. Asked by Valf.

TabbyTom
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TabbyTom
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Answer has 2 votes.

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.

Aug 15 2004, 10:29 AM

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Answer 1

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.