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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._
CYPRESS TREE _Tree of life; immortality; perfect and renewed life._
DOG _Destruction; vigilance._
ELEPHANT _Patient endurance; self-restraint._
EVERGREENS _Immortality._
FIR CONE _An existence terminated but united--the union of the tribes against the dominion of Rome._
FLY _Destroying attribute._
HARE _Fertility._
HEART _Man morally._
HIPPOPOTAMUS _Destroying power._
HOG _Deep meditation._
JUG _Knowledge._
LILY _Purity._
OLIVE _Consecration to immortality._
OWL _Wisdom._
OX _Patience; gentleness._
PEAc.o.c.k _Resurrection (because of the annual renewing of its plumage, and from a belief in the incorruptibility of its flesh)._
PHOENIX _Good luck; herald of prosperity; birth of great men._
PIG _Universal kindness._
RAM _Spiritual leaders.h.i.+p._
REED _Royalty._
RHINOCEROS _Religious recluse._
SCORPION _Invincible knowledge._
SERPENT _Life; immortality._
SPEAR _Destructive power._
