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Larkspur
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Can you help me answer this question?
What death-defying fanciful beast is said to have visited ancient Egypt every half-millennium or so?

Thanks!

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^The Bennu bird, also referred to by the Greeks as the Phoenix due to its association with resurrection and re-birth. It was said to appear every five hundred years.

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http://www.egyptianmyths.net/phoenix.htm

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One extinction-defying beast to appear in ancient Egypt was a woolly mammoth, according to some interpretations of this picture, from the tomb of Rekhmire:

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^Does it appear every "half-millennium or so", and how was it "death-defying", like say, a Bennu/Phoenix? More than one possible answer will lead to a higher probability that he/she gets the answer to the question wrong so I think we should only focus on mythical beasts that FULLY match the description he/she's looking for.
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I thought the Bennu/Phoenix was considered the ancient elder of rebirth. Is it true that the phoenix would bury its dead in a single grave and return back to it.

The only Monster i can think of is Apep,but they slew him every morning or else everything would be fucked up.

I wonder what this Beast is and does it have any association with Apep.

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http://youtu.be/HCUdOhG__d4
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Ammit may fit the bill in the realm of myth he got his start in the Sahara
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Nice doggie heel boy heel.. [Big Grin]

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^ Ammit is actually a FEMALE as noted by the feminine name.
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