Part 13 (1/2)

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._

PEAc.o.c.k _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._

b.u.t.tERFLY _Ethereal soul._

CIRCLE _Eternity; perpetual continuity._