do we have proof that the bird in the garden was, indeed, a phoenix?
What bird is it based off in real life?[]
What is it based off?[]
Can anyone tell me what bird it's based off I know it looks familair from the real world, But I can not remember what it is called! ~ Awar 07:59, April 15, 2015 (UTC).
The Phoenix is from a real Greek myth, a bird that was consumed by fire but always rose from the ashes, reborn. If you mean the appearance of the bird (from the book); then personally I think it looks like a male pheasant. Storyseeker1 (talk) 18:47, April 15, 2015 (UTC)
Deletion Discussion[]
The bird in the garden in The Magician's Nephew is never called a Phoenix, and its physical description doesn't make it very likely that it is a Phoenix. Thus, the article falls under the category of "species seen in the movie, none of whose members have names, and which are not mentioned in the book," which according to the WikiFormat "should be added to the Adaptations section of the Beast page." Lasaraleen Tarkheena (talk) 23:25, April 15, 2015 (UTC)
Actually I think it is. In chapter 16 of The Last Battle, it states, "the whole company moved forward to the centre of the orchard where the Phoenix sat in a tree and looked down upon them all". Below that same tree were the 2 thrones of Frank and Helen, and I'm assuming that tree is the same one from the Garden of Youth, which had to be from Aslan's Country. It makes sense that the Tree and Garden had to come from Aslan's Country, as he wouldn't leave something as sacred as that where any mortal could get their hands on it, like Jadis did. There was a great bird nesting in the Tree of Youth, and so that and the bird mentioned above must be one of the same. Hence it is a Phoenix. Storyseeker1 (talk) 19:36, April 16, 2015 (UTC)
(Sorry, apparently I never saw your response.) Cool! I never put that together, and I had forgotten the Phoenix in the Last Battle. I think you're right that the Magician's Nephew bird is probably the same, but since the text doesn't make it absolutely certain I think we should rephrase the article a little bit. I'm going to go ahead and make the change (partially so you can see what I mean and partially because if I don't do it now I'll never get it done), but of course it's not final--if you think we should do something else, let me know. Lasaraleen Tarkheena (talk) 19:36, September 12, 2016 (UTC)
Looks fine. I altered it a little, but kept your test. Storyseeker1 (talk) 11:49, September 13, 2016 (UTC)