The Phoenix Is the Thing That Turns You to Stone When You Look at It

You know, one of the things you see with motifs like thep the the phoenix is a dragon that turns people to stone when they look at it. And then phoenix flies in and cries tears into the wound, and that heals him. The whole damned bird has to go up in flames, and then there's nothing left but an egg. A forest has to burn now and then for the dead wood to clear so that the forest can maintain its continued existence....