Bibliography of Sources

Story 1:
Personal Author:  Aelian 3rd cent.
Title:  Aelian on the Characteristics of Animals, Book VI, Chapter 58/ with an English translation by A. F. Scholfield.
Cambridge, Mass.:  Harvard University Press; London: W. Heinamann, 1958-59
From the Information given by Aelian, I created this story.

Story 2:
Summary of:  The Legend of the Firebird/ from “Land of the Firebird,” by Suzanne Maisie (no publishing information available)
http://run.to/phoenix
Site Name: Legend of the Firebird

Story 3:
Story adapted from:
Various Cultures/ Jewish:
http://run.to/phoenix
Site Name:  The Phoenix in lesser known roles

Story 4:
Loosely Adapted from:
The Chinese Feng:
http://run.to/pheonix
Site Name:  Untitled

Story 5:
Loosely adapted from:
The Arabic Roc
http://www.geocities.com/TimeSquare/Lair/7278/phnxmyth.html
Site name:  The Mythological Phoenix
Also used:
Marco Polo
http://dater.osps.k12.fl.us/classroom/who/dater1/polo.htm
Site name:  WHO (World History Online)

Story 6:
Story loosely from:
ED. White, T. H., The Book of Beasts: being a translation from a Latin Bestiary of the Twelfth Century, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1954

Story 7:
Loosely adapted from:
The Egyptian Bennu:
http://run.to/phoenix
Site name:  The Phoenix in lesser-known roles.

Story 8:
Loosely adapted from:
The Native American Thunderbird
http://www.geocities.com/TimeSquare/Lair/7278/phnxmyth.html
Site name:  The Mythological Phoenix

Story 9:
Story adapted from information on:
http://server.remc12.k12.mi.us/csplanet/myth/phoenix.html

Story 10:
Story inspired by actual conversations held with Prof. Gibbs and from:
http://www.angelfire.com/il/mjphoenix/riolinks.html