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