The animal that appears to be a chicken to Harry isn’t a chicken. It’s also not simply another creature transfigured into a chicken. It’s a mystical creature called a phoenix and part of the inherent nature of what it means to be a phoenix is to burn and then rise from the ashes.
The animal that appears to be a chicken to Harry isn’t a chicken. It’s also not simply another creature transfigured into a chicken. It’s a mystical creature called a phoenix and part of the inherent nature of what it means to be a phoenix is to burn and then rise from the ashes.
Yudkowsky plays with a reference to the tastes like chicken meme.