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               The basic symbol of the pattern is Floreal Motive  of The Sun with typical Latvian tradition in design 
- Flower as the Center of Solar system & Universe - the symbol of prosperity, motherhood and fertility 
and a grass-snake - a symbol of sacramental world and wisdom. Read more about the meaning of symbols in ornament  here 

The phoenix is an immortal bird associated with Greek mythology (with analogs in many cultures) that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor.

     Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and combustion, others that it simply dies and decomposes before being born again.]

     The origin of the phoenix has been attributed to Ancient Egypt by Herodotus and later 19th-century scholars, but other scholars think the Egyptian texts may have been influenced by classical folklore.

           Over time the phoenix motif spread and gained a variety of new associations; Herodotus, Lucan, Pliny the Elder, Pope Clement I, Lactantius, Ovid, and Isidore of Seville are among those who have contributed to the retelling and transmission of the phoenix motif.

          Over time, extending beyond its origins, the phoenix could variously "symbolize renewal in general as well as the sun, time, the Empire, metempsychosis, consecration, resurrection, life in the heavenly Paradise, Christ, Mary, virginity, the exceptional man, and certain aspects of Christian life".Some scholars have claimed that the poem De ave  may present the mythological phoenix motif as a symbol of Christ's resurrection.

... Nor shall this peace sleep with her; but as when

The bird of wonder dies, the maiden phoenix,

Her ashes new create another heir

As great in admiration as herself;

So shall she leave her blessedness to one,

When heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness,

Who from the sacred ashes of her honour

Shall star-like rise as great in fame as she was,

And so stand fix'd

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In the 17th century play Henry VIII by English playwrights William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Archbishop Cranmer says in Act V, Scene v in reference to Elizabeth who was to become Queen Elizabeth I

Così per li gran savi si confessa

che la fenice more e poi rinasce,

quando al cinquecentesimo anno appressa;

erba né biado in sua vita non pasce,

ma sol d'incenso lagrime e d'amomo,

e nardo e mirra son l'ultime fasce.
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In the 14th century, Italian poet Dante Alighieri refers to the phoenix in Inferno Canto XXIV