phoenix + empress (was) Some people can be wierd about their pets...

[pegruppel]

No: HPFGUIDX 60279

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Petra Pan wrote:> 
> Just a point of clarification...did the 
> references say "emperor of the birds" or 
> empress?
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> This applies only to the Feng-Huang; 
> most non-Asian references to the phoenix 
> seem to either assign the male gender or 
> none at all.  So chances are, the 
> reference to "King of the Birds" that 
> you seek wasn't talking about the 
> Feng-Huang.  Hope this makes your search 
> just that much shorter.


Me:

Actually, the reference to the Chinese phoenix refers to both 
sexes.  "Feng"=male(yin) "Huang"=female(yang)  In 
effect, the phoenix in Chinese tradition is two birds--both the male 
and the female are referred to in the same name.

My source was at:  http://www.avians.net/paragon/fenghuang.htm

I suspect my memory about is playing tricks on me.  Or else I read 
the quote so long ago in some book that I haven't yet tracked down.

Cheers!

Peg