Griffin (heraldic animal)
The grip is in the heraldry as a heraldic animal in the series of common characters . Heraldic griffins have been known since the end of the 12th century. In Pomerania and Mecklenburg it can already be proven at this time. The griffin is very common as a heraldic animal, especially in the southern Baltic region.
Representation and Blazon
The representation in the coat of arms is always in profile, usually looking to the right (heraldic) and ascending . The head differs from the eagle by its pointed ears . The thrown forefeet and the wings are borrowed from the eagle, the whole lower part of the body from the lion. The tail is now up, now down. The weaponry (claws, beak, tongue and bird legs) is often a different color tinged .
Special forms
Griffin lion
The griffin lion has no wings.
Fish griffin
A special form is the griffin with the lower part as a fish tail. He is then called Fisch Griff .
Keythong
Keythong, the term alce has not yet spread in literature, is used in English heraldry to denote a mythical creature that is similar to the heraldic animal griffin. This little heraldic animal has no wings and is horned. In descriptions, it is a wingless male griffin. The special feature are the golden rays emerging from the body, which no other heraldic animal shows.
use
The list of coats of arms with the griffin provides a list of griffins used in heraldry .
The griffin is also a popular shield holder and is shown in ascending order in the upper coat of arms . In this representation, the colors are taken from the coat of arms , but not necessarily.
Griffin in the coat of arms of Heinrich von Frauenberg
Griffin lion ( Saulgrub )
Coat of arms of the Latvian region of Latgale
Coat of arms of the Latvian region of Vidzeme
Griffin head on wing ( Brzesko County , Poland)
Fish griffin in the coat of arms of Darłowo (Poland)
Coat of arms of Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary ("Sissi"): Griffin as a shield holder
Griffin in the coat of arms ( Osorno , Chile)
Griffin Claw ( Berka (Katlenburg-Lindau) )
See also
- Order of the Griffin
- Griffin , noble family
literature
- Johann Siebmacher (greeting), Horst Appuhn (ed.): Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms from 1605 . Orbis, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-572-10050-X
- Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book . Facsimile reprint of the edition published by Rudolph Helmers in Nuremberg in 1701/05. All 6 parts with appendix, register and all extensions up to the completion of the main edition from 1772. Battenberg-Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-87045-098-3
- Johann Siebmacher's coat of arms book. Supplements 1753 to 1806 . Facsimile reprint of the twelve supplements published from 1753 to 1806 by Verlag der Raspische Handlung in Nuremberg. Battenberg-Verlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-87045-163-7
- Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau : General index to the Siebmacher coat of arms books 1605-1967 . New edition Graz 1984
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Biewer : The griffin in the Pomeranian communal heraldry. In: The Herald. Quarterly for heraldry, genealogy, and allied sciences . New series vol. 18, 2010, issue 4, pp. 121–135.
- ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. VEB Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1984.