by the breath of the mind._
SCARABAEUS _Immortality; resurrection; a ruling
providence._
SOLAR DISK WITH SERPENTS _Royalty._
SPHINX _Beneficent Being._
STAFF IN THE HANDS OF THE GODS _Purity._
SUN _Deity; life._
VIPER _Power._
WHEEL _Deity._
ZIGZAG _Water._
INDIAN SYMBOLS
ASS _Humility; austerity._
BANIAN OR BURR TREE _Deity (because of its outstretched
branches and overshadowing beneficence)._
BUTTERFLY _Beneficence of Summer._
FYLFOT CROSS OF BUDDHISM _Auspiciousness._
KNOT AND FLOWER DESIGN _Divine bounty and power._
SERPENT _Desire._
JAPANESE SYMBOLS
PINE TREES _Long life._
STORKS _Long life._
TORTOISES _Long life._
PERSIAN SYMBOLS
DESCENDING EAGLE _Bad luck._
EAGLE _Light; height._
FLYING EAGLE _Good luck._
HOUNDS _Fame; ever increasing honor._
LEOPARDS _Fame; ever increasing honor._
LION _Power; victory._
PEACOCK _Fire; light._
PHOENIX _Immortality._
STANDING EAGLE _Good luck._
SUN _Light._
SWORD _Force._
TREE OF HEALTH _Immortality._
TREE OF LIFE _Knowledge; truth._
The Coat of Arms of Persia is the Lion holding a sword in his paw,
and with the Sun at his back.
TURKISH SYMBOLS
CRESCENT _Increasing power._
The Turkish Coat of Arms is the Crescent and the Star. These
heavenly bodies are supposed to signify growth.
MISCELLANEOUS SYMBOLS
ANEMONE _Good fortune._
BAT _Maternity._
BIRD _Spirit._
BOAR _Winter._
BUTTERFLY _Ethereal soul._
CIRCLE _Eternity; perpetual continuity._
CYPRESS TREE _Tree of life; immortality; perfect and renewed life._
DOG _Destructi
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