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Detailed explanation-1: -Fawkes was a highly intelligent male phoenix and Albus Dumbledore’s animal companion and defender. Fawkes had been in Dumbledore’s service for 59 years up to the Headmaster’s death in 1997. Fawkes was instrumental in helping Harry Potter defeat Salazar Slytherin’s Basilisk in 1993.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fawkes is named after Guy Fawkes, since he periodically explodes (in order to be reborn from the ashes, like all phoenixes) a joke on the author’s part.

Detailed explanation-3: –Ed. In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, the phoenix Fawkes plays a recurring role as the trusty companion of wizard Dumbledore. Fawkes, who ages, dies, and rises from his own ashes (once after saving Harry Potter from the evil basilisk), is a loyal and intelligent protector.

Detailed explanation-4: -It means that he was likely a gift from Newt to Dumbledore who, while brilliant, was not an expert in magical creatures, nor did he seem to have the time to train a phoenix. Instead, it was likely Newt who acted as Fawkes’s trainer before giving him to Dumbledore.

Detailed explanation-5: -What’s more, the book Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: Movie Magic confirms Fawkes is not Credence’s phoenix at all. The phoenix not being Fawkes is not explicitly made clear in the films, however, and it could be the potential Fantastic Beasts 4 will retcon the story.