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'Anqa'a' is Arabic for the phoenix. It's, according to the myth, a bird that lives for 500 years, after which it burns and dies. Then, a new bird is born from the ashes. I've read nothing about it being huge. The Rok, as mentioned in Sinbad's tales, is different. It is just a huge bird. Funny I never saw the connection before. Talking about Arabic ancient myth creatures, there's the 'Hamah'. It's a bird that flies over the murdered man's grave demanding revenge, so to speak, until a revenge is attained.
The Aanca always moves to an alternate color square. Its movement diagram contains the destination squares of Wazir, Knight and Zebra. My Spotted Gryphon thread here breaks the movement diagram of the Gryphon into a colorbound piece and a color alternating piece.
Gary, I have EDITED yesterday's comment to your Gryphon Aanca Chess page, adding a reference to a Dai Shogi piece that (partially) includes the Grand Rook.
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