Heraldry and Coats of Arms

The best way to see the Coats of Arms associated with the Martinze name is to do aGoogle search on "Martinez Coat of Arms"

Morpheus - Greek god of dreams. "In the arms of Morpheus" means to be asleep. on Howrse it means to be asleep whal you age!!!


To be dreaming

People in armour with a closed helmet were unrecognizable - evn, from a distance, with an open helmet. A leader needed his men to be able to recognize him, so he painted his shield with a personal device. Once this became common, heralds began to regulate and index the devices used. hence heraldry.
In the age of closed faced helm along with the chaos involved on the medieval battle field, Heraldry provided an easy way to identify friend from foe.

shoulders or is it Y and S by zonka

how the hell can it be shoulders.... is shoulders at the end of ur arm.... NO

it is hands. by kirthana

for blind people, i think.

motto ni lapu

four main feature of coat arm

The cogs at the top of the shield represent industry.

The three blue stripes represent rivers and water, which is very important in a dry country like Botswana.

The bull's head at the bottom represents cattle, which is very important in a nation where almost everyone owns cattle (there are 2m people and 5m cattle).

The two zebras are holding a tusk (which represents the natural wildlife and tourism) and sorghum wheat, representing agriculture. Zebra are the national animal of Botswana - they appear on the currency and the national football team are nicknamed the zebras.

Finally, 'pula' is the currency - it means 'rain' and 'blessing' and is said when raising a glass in toast (like 'cheers', 'salut' or 'L'Chayyim').

Heraldry is tracing a noble family line and having an emblem that was used for flags and armor.

one hand defends and other conquers

The stag represents "one who will not fight unless provoked."

The Lion stands for "dauntless courage."

The red hand denotes "mark of a baronet."

The green area signals "hope-and joy and loyalty in love."

The helmet means "strength, protection, and invulnerability"

And the woodbine leaves "Love that does not injure that which it clings to"

-Pat McNulty in Denver

Because they hang your coat (and other clothes) Sherlock.

a reindeer and swordfish is on the Nunavut's coat of arms.

Someone who has money but never puts his hand in his pocket to pay for anything has deep pockets but short arms.

Scotland's coat of arms consists of 2 unicorns (Unicorn: Extreme courage; virtue and strength) with standing in a field of thistles (referring to to the Danish invasion: one of the invaders stepped on a thistle and let out a yell, alerting the Scots of the invasion) holding a shield with the flags of Scotland and the rampant lion(Lion: Dauntless courage; often represents a person or group of people) upon them. On the shield is a helmet (Helmet: wisdom and security in defence) and there is a decoration below the helmet (Sable (Black): Constancy or grief) Below all of this is a blue (Azure (Blue): Truth and loyalty) banner bearing the country's motto.

The Canadians coat of arms includes three maple leaves below the royal arms of England , Scotland, Ireland and France

The Coat of arms of Ireland is "blazoned as Azure a harp Or, stringed argent" - a gold harp with silver strings on a St. Patrick's blue background. The harp is the ancient symbol of Ireland. See Related link.

There are four seals for the military branches (5 if you include coast guard under treasury secretary instead of sec. defense) which are also flags . Arguably these would be military crests and there are various sizes of flags used within military organizations at various levels down to and including the unit patch and unit crests which in pre-1981 era in say the Army would have been worn on leadership tabs with the dress or class A uniform as well as the shoulder patch . Various campaigns or conflicts have flags as well which usually see the light of day in parades on Memorial day and other military honorarium dates . The most famous of which is arguably the Stars and bars from the civil war era awarded by President Andrew Johnson to the veterans of the C.S.A. military . This is a rectangular version of the "St. Andrews Cross" with thirteen stars inside the bars and a gold border as issued . It has a red field with the stars in white and the bars navy blue . It is rather ironic that not one but three minorities wore the Grey uniform carried arms followed orders were paid by and fought for the Confederacy during the war and so Tejano's (or Mexican Americans) ,Native Americans ,and Negro's were issued that flag by President Johnson and yet it is a symbol today most associate with white supremacists . Here is a case of serious misuse of Heraldry .

From 1937 to 1966 inclusive, British Shilling coins were minted with one of two different reverse designs.

Shillings with what is known as the "English" reverse, shows the English Coat of Arms which depicts three lions (which are actually leopards).

Shillings with what is known as the "Scottish" reverse, shows the Scottish Coat of Arms which depicts a lion rampant.

Both Coats of Arms are "Crowned".

The inscription at the bottom says "If you assist God he will assist you"- which is from the Quran.

The mountains are the Atlas Mountains and the crown represents the king.

Above the gold two-headed eagle, there are three historic crowns of Peter the Great - one big and two small, and in the claws of the eagle are a crown, which symbolize the power of the State.

On the breast of the eagle there is a horseman, standing over a slain dragon, representing the triumph of good over evil.

It just means puberty took a role in life

The most common figures depict a four-armed Shiva. These multiple arms represent the four cardinal directions. Each hand either holds an object or makes a specific mudra (gesture). The upper right hand holds a hour-glass drum which is a symbol of creation. It is beating the pulse of the universe. The drum also provides the music that accompanies Shiva’s dance. It represents sound as the first element in an unfolding universe, for sound is the first and most pervasive of the elements. The story goes that when Shiva granted the boon of wisdom to the ignorant Panini (the great Sanskrit grammarian), the sound of the drum encapsulated the whole of Sanskrit grammar. The first verse of Panini’s grammar is in fact called Shiva sutra. The hour-glass drum also represents the male and female vital principles; two triangles penetrate each other to form a hexagon. When they part, the universe also dissolves. The opposite hand, the upper left, bears on its palm a tongue of flames. Fire is the element of destruction of the world. According to Hindu mythology at the end of the world, it will be fire that will be the instrument of annihilation. Thus in the balance of these two hands is illustrated a counterpoise of creation and destruction. Sound against flames, ceaselessness of production against an insatiate appetite of extermination. The second right hand is held in the abhaya pose (literally without fear) and so a gesture of protection, as an open palm is most likely to be interpreted. It depicts the god as a protector.

Japans coat of arms has no meaning it is a yellow flower thingy.