Three heads

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Three-headed heraldic animals are rarely used in heraldry in coats of arms. The best known is the three-headed eagle from the Manessian song manuscript and in the coat of arms of the Waiblingen district . Other animals are the geese and swans . The latter in the coat of arms of a noble family of the Lords of Ramschwag . Here is the three-headed swan in the coat of arms . The three-headed elephant is depicted in the coats of arms of the former Siam . The same figure in the flag and coat of arms at the time of the Kingdom of Laos (until 1975). The state symbol of the Republic of India are the golden ashokal lions on an ornamental pedestal. The lions are named after the emperor Aschoka , who had these figures placed on a column in Sanath.

The three-headed dog , as emblem with Kerberos called, is a multi-headed Bracke , which is the emblem of Cerbère is; the three-headed stag in the city coat of arms of Cerveteri expand the rarely used coat of arms figures. It is not always easy to explain why the triad is chosen. People's heads are also counted here. It's the Geryon . Strictly speaking, it is a three-faced figure from Greco-Roman mythology. Better known is the Janus with the two faces, which is also used as a coat of arms figure .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984, p. 44.

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