MacGyver transition of the organization's assets so its work can continue. MacGyver suggests the name "Phoenix", after the mythological bird that is reborn by rising from its own ashes, and the organization begins using the cover-name of the "Phoenix Foundation". MacGyver Angus "Mac" MacGyver is the title character and the protagonist in the TV series "MacGyver". He is played by Richard Dean Anderson in the 1985 original series. Lucas Till portrays a younger version of MacGyver in the 2016 reboot.. In both portrayals MacGyver is shown to possess a genius-level intellect; proficiency in multiple languages; superb engineering skills; excellent knowledge of
Birds in Chinese mythology and actually real exotic birds is sometimes blurred. Sometimes, the student of the real versus the unreal becomes challenged. Various sources for information on Chinese legends and mythology about bird. This includes the "Shanhaijing" (Stassberg 2002, "passim"). Also, "Questions to Heaven" (Stassberg 2002, 11 and Yang "et al" 2005, 8-10). Birds in Chinese mythology Birds in Chinese mythology and legend are of numerous types and very important in this regard. Some of them are obviously based on real birds, other ones obviously not, and some in-between. The Crane is an example of a real type of bird with mythological enhancements.