Cherub head

Cherub head in the coat of arms of Engelbach

In heraldry, the cherub head is a heraldic figure in the form of a winged human head, which, according to the religious conceptions of Judaism and Christianity, represents a cherub . Cherubim are winged hybrid creatures with an animal body and human head, which have a protective and carrying function. The biblical being, which usually shows a childlike expression, is also called a cherubin .

Heraldry calls a being similar to the cherub head the seraph head . A seraph is originally a snake-like hybrid creature with four to six wings (see Isa 6,1–7  EU ), whose name is based on a form of the Hebrew verb שָׂרַף sārāf , English to burn , which is an indication of its toxicity.

Both beings are only identified as angels in later Jewish and Christian traditions .

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  Wilhering

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  Ängelholm

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  Cullera

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  Stainz

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  Villaro (former)

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  Minsk (Belarus)

literature

• Duden . Volume 1: Spelling of the German language. = Duden, the German spelling. 20th, completely revised and expanded edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim a. a. 1991, ISBN 3-411-04010-6
• Milan boys : heraldry. Edited edition. Albatros, Prague 1987, DNB 206884745 .