Heraldry

@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Recently I posted two articles here about symbols related to flags and heraldry: Fleur-de-lis & The Lily of Florence and La Tricolore: What is the Origin of Its Colours and Design? Since I will pu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Snakes in Astrology & Heraldry

All over the world and throughout the whole human history, snakes and serpents have been important symbols and they have played an essential role in many mythologies. In a previous article , we looke...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Eagle as an Heraldic Symbol of Empire

A single eagle, single-headed or double-headed, turns up in the symbology of empires throughout history. As a symbol of a ruler, we find eagles in the Antiquities. For the Greeks it was a symbol of Z...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 12

Symbols, Flags, Heraldry, Creativity and Art. It has hardly escaped any long time reader of mine that I am fascinated by symbols, and I have a separate label for that in my index . Yet that inc...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 12

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 11 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 11:1 Countries someti...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Colours IX: White, Black & Grey in Focus – Purity, Death, Boredom...

White, black and grey are called achromatic colours. The word means “without colour”, as these colours in a sense are perceived as colourless. Read here about how achromatic colours relate to the...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Muslim & Arab Flags and their Symbolism

As I mentioned in a previous article, strictly it is haram (forbidden) with a symbol of Islam. That doesn't mean that Muslim countries must not have symbols, although the Islamic view has influenced...

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@Dharyl · 4 years ago

What a mammal!

Deer or proper deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the own circle of relatives Cervidae. The important organizations of deer are the Cervinae, which include the muntjac, the elk, the c...

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@GreenOasis · 4 years ago

Where does the laurel wreath come from

The sweet taste of victory, deafening applause, world fame and enthusiastic shouts of fans in honor of the conquered peaks and new open horizons ... All this is inextricably linked in our minds with c...

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@Enahj13 · 3 years ago

Mermaid

A mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe,...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 15

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 14 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 14:1 Which author wr...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Star-And-Crescent - A Symbol for Islam?

Today, the star-and-crescent symbol, a symbol consisting of a star and a crescent in combination, is associated with Islam. While in some circles it is a symbol of Islam, analogous to the cross of C...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Colours VII: Red in Focus – Blood, Death, Love, Power...

Red is the colour of blood, meaning love, passion, power, life and happiness (in many Eastern countries, brides are dressed in red), and in China it means good luck. Due to its association with blood,...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Art as Visual Music & The Importance of Form

Art During history, pictorial art has had different functions and served different purposes: decoration, education, mnemotechnical tool (support of memory), etc. Its earliest use, however, most proba...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Saladin & The Ayyubid Dynasty - Saladin's Eagle, and Saladin's Citadel

Saladin For many people, Saladin is a Saracen Sultan in Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Talisman", but he did really exist. In Egypt he is a great hero, and in Europe he had a reputation for being extr...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 36

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 35 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 35:1 Herpetology (fr...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Colours X: Yellow, Gold & Orange in Focus – Imperial, Courage, Creativity...

This time we will look at Yellow, Gold & Orange, and also on the special relation between Yellow and the Human Eye. Yellow & Gold In China, a specific hue of yellow was an imperial colour, correspo...

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@beyourself · 2 years ago

Legend of Unicorns

You can call the Middle Ages a mystical or dark period. However, there is a well-known fact that every innovation that emerges brings with it a sense of curiosity. Unicorns may not be re...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Retrospection 4

In this retrospection, we will look at dinosaurs, reptiles, dragons and to some extent birds - a number of seemingly related topics, which are not necessarily as related as they seem. In my first pe...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 3

First a look at the answers to Quizzes & Puzzles 2 . Answer to Quiz 2:1 Two Ancient cities were buried by ash from a volcanic eruption in the year 79 AD. They are famous, because they were largely...

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@strivenword · 2 years ago

Naked Tree, Remember Me

I have a petition for you. I hope you will forgive the impertinence of this request. I’ve come to you this morning, walking the forsaken paths, footsteps against the craggy ice. My face is veiled, a...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Colours VI: Green in Focus – Religion, Life, Death, Sex, Witchcraft...

Green is the colour of hope and development, fertility and charity, but can also symbolise greed, jealousy, envy, melancholy, immaturity, and nausea. In some countries it stands for danger; and in he...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Symbols of the Knights Templar & Templars in Fiction: Literature and Film

This is the fourth and last article in my series about the Knights Templar. Symbols How about the Red cross? Can their symbol be derived from that of the Templars? Did the Templars have other visua...

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@OurKitchen · 2 years ago

History of rice grains used around the world

Today, I wanted to research the history of rice grains used in almost all world cuisines. Who discovered how these diversifiable rice grains were found? How it came to be today was my curiosity. And...

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@Dharyl · 4 years ago

Great Creatures: Antelope!

The time period antelope is used to consult many species of even-toed ruminant indigenous to numerous areas in Africa and Eurasia. Antelopes include a wastebasket taxon withinside the o...

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@Snezana28 · 3 years ago

Computer symbols

I am so used to computer symbols, that it seems to me that they have always been with me.Some of them are taken from other sciences and fields, some are taken from mythology, and some are fictional. H...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Number Magic 1: Three & Four

In number magic, symbology, alchemy, religion, and other expressions of culture - at least west of India - and to some extent beyond that - three, four, seven, and twelve are the most frequently occu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Fleur-de-lis & The Lily of Florence

I. Fleur-de-lis We will start with a look at Fleur-de-lis. It is a symbol occurring in heraldry and on flags, where it is commonly associated with France or shows some French connection. However, t...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Flags with Dragons

Essentially, there are three contemporary national flags depicting a dragon: Wales, Malta and Bhutan. We will also look at one historical flag, namely the one of Qing China (1889-1912). Wales The f...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Quizzes & Puzzles 14

Some new problems with which to exercise the brain. But first a look at answers and solutions to Quizzes & Puzzles 13 . New problems below the image (cartoon). Answer to Quiz 13:1 What was the na...

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