Every 500 years or so, this bird was reborn from its own ashes
In Asia the 
phoenix reigns over all the birds, and is the symbol of the Chinese... [DOC] [TLE] Rises like a phoenix from the ashes - definition of rises like a ... [PAR] Mythology A bird in Egyptian mythology that lived in the desert for 500 years and 
then consumed itself by fire, later to rise renewed from its ashes.