Fenghuang
c. 1000 BCE – 2026 CEattested
China
- Chinese
Usually translated phoenix but unrelated to it: a bird of peace and imperial womanhood that appears in times of harmony rather than dying in fire.
Known for
- omen of peace
- paired with the dragon
- empress symbolism
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.