Ibong Adarna

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Ibong Adarna :  Phoenix : Firebird : Simurgh

Ibong Adarna is a 16th-century Filipino epic poem about an eponymous magical bird.
The title's longer form during the Spanish Era was "korido at Buhay na Pinagdaanan n͠g Tatlong Principeng Magcacapatid na anac n͠g Haring Fernando at n͠g Reina Valeriana sa Cahariang Berbania" (English for "Corrido and Life Lived by the Three Princes, children of King Fernando and Queen Valeriana in the Kingdom of Berbania"). -- Wikipedia

Photo courtesy of Phoenix Ibong Adarna Firebird Simurgh - birds.
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