National Emblems

I suppose you refer to the official Emblem of India.

On the wall of the cylindrical abacus of the Lion Capital of Asoka is a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull, and a lion, separated by intervening spoked chariot-wheels.

• The animals may denote the four directions or the four regions of India: an elephant (of the east), a horse (of the west), a bull (of the south), and a lion (of the north)
• These could also symbolize Bull, Lion, Horse and Elephant rolling the Chakras (wheel of the law of dharma).
• A study of the ancient coins and other archaeological finds of India and Sri Lanka reveals the fact that Buddha had been symbolized with a Horse, Lion, Bull, Elephant and a pair of foot.

Describing anything as "national" in Bermuda is a potentially explosive act. Bear in mind that Bermuda is not a nation, it is part of the UK (the UK government, those Bermudians who are independence minded, and the generally ignorant use semantic games to describe it otherwise, but Bermuda is not a protectorate (a foreign nation, or the sovereign territory of a people who are not British nationals, but which is under British administration), but a colony (in the current parlance, an overseas territory). The national flag is the Union Jack, not the Red Ensign with the Bermudian coat of arms, the national anthem is God Save The Queen, and all political authority is ultimately delegated from London, even if it pretends otherwise.

That being said, the national (or territorial, if you prefer...or colonial) flower is the Bermudiana, a type of Iris endemic to the archipelago. This may have recently been discovered to occur naturally in Ireland (blue-eyed grass), as well, so may be revised to native to Bermuda, rather than endemic (being both native and unique to).

At the end of the Mexican War of Independence (1810-1821), the Army of the Three Guarantees (Ejercito Trigarante or Ejercito de las Tres Garantias) was the name given to the army after the unification of the Spanish troops led by Agustin de Iturbide and the Mexican insurgent troops of Vicente Guerrero, consolidating Mexico's independence from Spain.

At first, the meaning colors of the Army of the Three Guarantees was:

• Green: was a sign of independence from Spain.
• White: Religion, faith or belief, the Roman Catholic faith.
• Red: Union among Americans and Europeans

However the meaning of these colors have varied considerably with the passage of time. The last accepted, modern definitions are:

• Green: Hope in the future.
• White: Unity among the Mexican people.
• Red: The blood of the Mexican heroes.

As for the Mexican coat of arms:

Before 1325 AD, the Aztec or Mexica (as they knew themselves) people were a nomadic tribe that wandered throughout the land, looking for a place to settle and build their capital. Their state religion awaited the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy: that the wandering tribe would find the destined site for a great city whose location would be signaled by an eagle eating a snake while perched atop a cactus.

The Aztecs saw this vision on what was then a small swampy island in the middle of lake Texcoco, after which they founded their capital city, on March 13, 1325. Not deterred by the unfavorable terrain, they set about building their city, using the chinampa system (misnamed as "floating gardens") for agriculture and to dry and expand the island. That city was Tenochtitlan, now Mexico City.

The prophesy and subsequent vision is now immortalized in Mexico's coat of arms and on the Mexican flag.