Wind (heraldry)
Wind in the coat of arms of Větrušice
The wind is a common figure in heraldry and represents a meteorological phenomenon in the coat of arms .
A human head is depicted with pointed, blowing lips and strongly bulged cheeks. The many parallel lines or lines that widen into a cone have a supportive effect. The wind head can blow out of a cloud or blow on a cloud or an object. The representation takes place in profile or facing the viewer. A difference in wind strength is not made. The heraldic figure is not very common.
Examples
The term winch (plural) (also winch ) has a different meaning in heraldry. In old descriptions of the coat of arms it stands for greyhound .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gert Oswald : Lexicon of Heraldry. Bibliographical Institute, Leipzig 1984.
Web links
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