Magical creatures in Harry Potter the Chamber of Secrets" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1". In the Comic Relief spoof, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan", he is played by Basil Brush. IGN put Dobby as their 24th top "Harry Potter" character, with his death described as "one of the most touching moments in the series." In NextMovie.com's "Harry Potter" Mega Poll, Dobby was voted the No. 1 favourite magical creature in the series. Fawkes is Albus Dumbledore's pet phoenix, a mythological bird which cyclically bursts into flame upon its death and is then reborn from the ashes. Phoenix
Peng (mythology) Peng (mythology) Peng () or Dapeng (大鵬) is a giant bird that transforms from a Kun () giant fish in Chinese mythology. In comparative mythology of giant creatures, Peng is likened to the Roc or Garuda and Kun to the Leviathan. The Chinese logograms for "peng" and "kun" exemplify common radical-phonetic characters. "Peng" (鵬) combines the "bird radical" (鳥) with a "peng" (朋 "friend") phonetic, and "kun" combines the "fish radical" (魚) with a "kun" (昆 "progeny; insect") phonetic. Both the mythic Chinese "Peng" and "Kun" names involve word play. "Peng" () was anciently a variant Chinese character for "feng"