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it belongs to the traditions that tell it.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q48444: phoenix", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48444", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Phoenix (mythology)", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What the phoenix is.", "rationale": "Definition.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the phoenix, and how does it differ from the fenghuang, simurgh, bennu and other things named Phoenix?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about the myth, its symbolism, a modern use or a homonym?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "myth", "name": "Myth", "description": "The myth.", "findings": [ { "id": "myth-finding", "name": "Myth", "description": "Myth.", "questions": [ { "text": "What do the classical accounts say about the phoenix s life, death and rebirth?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific source?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "sources", "name": "Sources", "description": "Sources and history.", "rationale": "Attribution.", "layers": [ { "id": "classical", "name": "Classical", "description": "Classical sources.", "findings": [ { "id": "classical-finding", "name": "Classical", "description": "Classical.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do Hesiod, Herodotus, Ovid, Pliny and others describe the phoenix, as scholars analyse them?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "christian", "name": "Christian", "description": "Christian and medieval.", "findings": [ { "id": "christian-finding", "name": "Christian", "description": "Christian.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did early Christians and medieval bestiaries use the phoenix as a resurrection symbol?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "comparative", "name": "Comparative", "description": "Comparative birds.", "rationale": "Attribution.", "layers": [ { "id": "parallels", "name": "Parallels", "description": "Parallels.", "findings": [ { "id": "parallels-finding", "name": "Parallels", "description": "Parallels.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do the bennu, simurgh, fenghuang and other birds relate, and where are the parallels overstated, with positions attributed?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Is the presentation attributed?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "symbolism", "name": "Symbolism", "description": "Symbolism.", "findings": [ { "id": "symbolism-finding", "name": "Symbolism", "description": "Symbolism.", "questions": [ { "text": "What does the phoenix symbolise in heraldry, alchemy and civic emblems?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the phoenix in heraldry?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Modern culture.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "literature", "name": "Literature", "description": "Literature and fantasy.", "findings": [ { "id": "literature-finding", "name": "Literature", "description": "Literature.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the phoenix appear in modern literature, fantasy and film?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the phoenix in popular culture?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "names", "name": "Names", "description": "Names.", "findings": [ { "id": "names-finding", "name": "Names", "description": "Names.", "questions": [ { "text": "What cities, constellations, plants and organisations are named after the phoenix?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific namesake?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should the bennu and fenghuang be linked as parallels or kept separate?", "How should classical scholarship be linked?", "How should the plural alias phoenices be recorded?" ], "statistics": { "bundles": 4, "layers": 8, "findings": 8, "questions": 16 } }