Riddles of the Sphinx 8 - CLOSED

Welcome to my eighth riddle!

As always, the answer will be a magical creature, and the first person to PM me with the correct answer will receive 40 points for their house. Everyone else who gets it right will receive 20 points.

This time, we have not so much a riddle, but a series of clues pointing towards the answer. Good luck!


My name has been the title of a book, which also concerns carpets.

Robbie Williams sang a song about me on his album “I’ve Been Expecting You”.

My name is also the name of an actor, who hails from Puerto Rico.

A comedian from Bolton created a television series with my name.

A singer from the Spice Girls gave her daughter my name.

A film destined to be released on 13th July 2007 bears my name.

This riddle is now closed. The answer was 'phoenix'. Lots of you did this riddle - I'll be making the next one a lot harder :D

Well done to mcfly_42 who was the first person to PM me with the correct answer. She will receive 40 points for her house. Also well done to everyone else who PMed me with the correct answer, you will all receive 20 points:

AmanakaLee
MarieC
cookiemonster
running_swift
WaterLily
streams_of_silver
skatinlils
LilyFlower
Always Pringy
Analia
Just_Ginny
littleprincess_01
Dumbleydorr
stephy
Fated4HP
b_smith
rip_dogfather
Charmed Granger