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a muscle car named after a myth, both built to look better dying loud.
means A firebird is a magical bird of folklore—often glowing or wreathed in flame, like the phoenix or the Slavic Zhar-ptitsa—and, by extension, the Pontiac Firebird automobile named after it.
from A plain English compound of "fire" and "bird," both old Germanic words. As a name for a glowing, flame-bright creature it shows up in many traditions: the Russian "Zhar-ptitsa" (literally "heat-bird") of Slavic fairy tale, immortalized in Stravinsky's ballet "The Firebird," and a cousin in spirit to the Greek phoenix that burns and is reborn. Pontiac borrowed the name in the 1960s for its sports car, trading on the same image of dazzling, dangerous flight.
- phoenix kin
- Named for the deathless bird that burns to reborn
- screaming chicken
- That giant hood decal had a real nickname
- slavic origin
- The firebird is a glowing magical creature from Russian folklore
- knight rider
- KITT was a talking Pontiac Trans Am Firebird
- stravinsky
- His 1910 ballet score made the firebird musical legend
pontiac firebird — american muscle car produced 1967-2002, with 735,000+ units sold
firebird ballet — 1910 ballets russes premiere choreographed by michel fokine to stravinsky's score
firebird space program — soviet space station module launched 1978, part of salyut 7