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 leadership._

REED _Royalty._

RHINOCEROS _Religious recluse._

SCORPION _Invincible knowledge._

SERPENT _Life; immortality._

SPEAR _Destructive power._