Oceania

Maori style phoenix

|July 20, 2012
by: GiErre

Design Story

This design belongs to the Maori style series dedicated to the elements, represented through the animals that live in them. More info and the full list are in this post of our blog.

The phoenix is a mythical bird that, according to the legend, dies in fire when it gets old to be born young again from its ashes . It´s on this account a symbol of rebirth and eternity. Originally the phoenix was associated to the sun, dieing every night in the fire of the sunset to be born again on the following day.

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