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THE BEAVER a symbol of vigilance
Once treasured for its fur, the Beaver is known for it's engineering feats. The first bearer was likely one of industry, of acute adeptness and unrelenting perseverance. Beavers are known to keep busy year round building, repairing, and modifying dams and canals.
These master builders have long been emblems of industry, cooperation, and community.
The Beaver's work ethics helps to keep the entrances of his home under water making it more difficult for an invading predator.
Since Beaver lodges have two entrances, they are reminders that when a door (an opportunity) is blocked, another usually presents itself. In Christian symbolism the Beaver represents chastity and the willingness to sacrifice anything that hinders one's walk with God.
This icon is also a symbol of vigilance and self-sacrifice, and was often used in Heraldry as a symbol of protection and dedication. |
------------------- BROOM PLANT Denotes humility. A sprig of this Anglo-Saxon medicinal shrub was chosen, as the badge of the royal house of Plantagenet, who are said to have derived their surname from the circumstance of one of their ancestors having worn a branch of broom is his helmet. Denotes humility. BRIDGE Signifies the cares and patient stability of magistrates or governors, who must endure the assaults, taunts, and envy of the discontented and vulgar.
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MORE SCOTTY'S As a special bonus, we are including 13 new coats of arms to the Scottish Gentry collection.
THE BISHOP'S MITRE
Denotes Episcopal jurisdictions and authority. If tinctured in black the Mitre is that of a Bishop (or Abbey), in red, that of a Cardinal, green, that of an Archbishop. It is said the mitre and the Papal tiara stem from the camelaucum, which was originally a cap used by officials of the Imperial Byzantine court. |
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THE VULCAN The god of artisans and tradesmen, Vulcan was the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and it said that he was so remarkably deformed at birth, that his father threw him down from heaven to the isle of Lemnos. There he set up his forges, and taught men the malleability and polishing of metals. Thence he removed to the Liparean islands, near Sicily, where with the assistance of Cyclops he made Jupiter fresh thunderbolts as the old ones decayed. He also wrought a helmet for Pluto, which rendered him invisible; a trident for Neptune, which shook both land and sea; a chariot for the Sun, and another for Mars. However disagreeable the person of Vulcan might have been, he was susceptible notwithstanding of love. His first passion was for Minerva but his courtship in this instance failed of success, not only on account of his person, but also because the goddess had vowed perpetual virginity. He did however enjoy success with Venus, because following the advice of Jupiter he put poppies in her nectar, and thus gained possession of the first beauty in heaven.
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