Those are some links to get you started, mostly about how they look and stuff. ^^
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
I know that they were originally an Egyptian mythical creature - used as a metaphor for the Ah-ten (sun) how it dies and comes to life in flames etc etc
...I also know that a phoenix's makes it's nest in either Cyprus trees or fig palms...
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them. — J.K. Rowling
