Why is ”Phoenix” a thing in both Asia and Europe mythology, what is the origin of it?

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I know that the dragon is based on snakes cuz people were fearful of it and lots of countries have mythology about snakes (eg: Quetzalcoatl), but why Phoenix? Why firebird?

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‘Dragons’ in the European sense came from monitor lizards. The depiction of a forked tongue in art morphed into ‘fire breathing’. Then people add wings to art, just because.

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