Bennu
c. 2000 BCE – 400 CEattested
Heliopolis, Egypt
- Egyptian
The heron that alighted on the primordial mound at the creation of the world, and the probable original behind the Greek phoenix, though the Egyptians never set it on fire.
Known for
- the first bird at creation
- linked to the sun god
- probable origin of the phoenix
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.