Birds in Legend, Fable and Folklore

Chapter VII.

Hulme informs us that Philippe de Thaum writes in his _Bestiary_ of the mystic bird: “Know this is its lot; it comes to death of its own will, and from death it comes to life: hear what it signifies. Phoenix signifies Jesus, Son of Mary, that he had power to die of his own will, and from death come to life. Phoenix signifies that to save his people he chose to suffer up...