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Gallic rooster on top of a war memorial in La Rochelle. The Gallic rooster (French: le coq gaulois) is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values: the Republic.
The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri. State symbols ... Animal: Missouri mule: 1995 [1] [3] Aquatic animal:
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [32] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [33] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [34] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [34] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [34] Italy: Italian wolf ...
Symbol; National animal: The European bison (Bison bonasus) is one of the national animals of Poland. The White stork (Ciconia ciconia) has a long history with Poland and is believed to be one of the national animals of the country. Poland's enduring national symbol has been the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), shown in the coat of ...
In the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, one of the main noble houses and main antagonists of the series, the Lannisters, have a golden lion on crimson as their family symbol, and in contrast to the lion being presented as a regal, noble creature in traditional folklore, it carries the undertones of pride, corruption, and ...
Throughout art history, mainly in Western art, there is an overwhelming presence of dogs as status symbols and pets in painting. The dogs were brought to houses and were allowed to live in the house. They were cherished as part of the family, and were regarded highly by the upper classes, who used them for hunting and could afford to feed them.
National animal Picture Italy: Italian wolf: Administrative region Historical region and cities Regional animal Picture: Abruzzo: Abruzzo: Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) Marsica: Marsican brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) Aosta Valley: Aosta Valley: Lion rampant (Panthera leo) Apulia: Capitanata and Daunia: Griffin: Salento ...
Emblem of Jerusalem. The biblical Judah (in Hebrew: Yehuda) is the eponymous ancestor of the Tribe of Judah, which is traditionally symbolized by a lion.In Genesis, the patriarch Jacob ("Israel") gave that symbol to this tribe when he refers to his son Judah as a Gur Aryeh' גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְהוּדָה, "Young Lion" (Genesis 49:9) when blessing him. [3]