Heraldic charges

thumb|upright=1.35|Double rainbow and supernumerary rainbows on the inside of the primary arc. The shadow of the photographer's head at the bottom of the photograph marks the centre of the rainbow circle (the antisolar point).

thumb|Statue of the angel of the Annunciation, , [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] thumb|right|Schutzengel ("Guardian angel") by Bernhard Plockhorst depicts a [[guardian angel watching over two children.]] thumb|right|The Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael. An angel is a spiritual heavenly, or supernatural entity, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in various traditions like the Abrahamic religions. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, such as guardian angels and servant

The pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a fruit-bearing, deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows to between tall. Rich in symbolic and mythological associations in many cultures, it originated in the region spanning the Caucasus and Iranian plateau — including modern-day Iran,Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pomegranate was first domesticated by ancient Iranians in the Persian plateau and nearby regions about 5,000 years ago. It is extensively cultivated for its fruit.

constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere

thumb|300px|Barnegat Lighthouse at the coast of [[Ocean County, New Jersey, U.S., facing the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise]] thumbnail|Aerial drone footage of the Roman Rock Lighthouse off the southern coast of South Africa.

thumb|240px|One of 12 roundels depicting the "Labours of the Months" (1450–1475) A sickle, bagging hook, reaping-hook or grasshook is a single-handed agricultural tool designed with variously curved blades and typically used for harvesting or reaping grain crops, or cutting succulent forage chiefly for feeding livestock. Falx was a synonym, but was later used to mean any of a number of tools that had a curved blade that was sharp on the inside edge.

thumb|right|Typical stance; the pouch at belt contains a Sharpening stone|whetstone. [[File:Scythe.svg|thumb|right|Parts of a scythe:

Crux ( ) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. It lies on the southern end of the Milky Way's visible band. The name Crux is Latin for cross. Though it is the smallest of all 88 modern constellations, Crux is among the most easily distinguished, as each of its four main stars has an apparent visual magnitude brighter than +2.8. It has attained a high level of cultural significance in many Southern Hemisphere states and nations.

thumb|upright=1.35|Single-horn anvil thumb|A blacksmith working [[iron with a hammer and anvil]] thumb|A blacksmith working with a [[sledgehammer, assistant (striker) and Lokomo anvil in Finland]]

agricultural tool used for moving soil or other material

thumb|Stockless anchor|Stockless ship's anchor and chain on display thumb|Anchor of Amoco Cadiz in [[Portsall, north-west Brittany, France]] thumb|Memorial anchor in Kirjurinluoto, [[Pori, Finland]] thumb|Massive anchor chain for large ships. The weight of the chain is vital for proper holding of the anchor.

Jewish national, cultural and religious symbol

thumb|English oak acorn thumb|Acorns of the willow oak in South Carolina (from small to large, counterclockwise from center): Q. phellos (willow oak), Q. falcata (southern red oak; top right), Q. alba (white oak), and Q. coccinea (scarlet oak). Scale bar at upper right is 1 cm.

thumb|Horseshoes are commonly made of steel, and are nailed to the underside of the hoof. thumb|A variety of horseshoes, including aluminum racing plates (light or dark); there is also a variety of ox#Shoeing|oxshoes at the lower right

symbol of communism

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seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants

thumb|260px|Stele N from Copán, [[Honduras, depicting King K'ac Yipyaj Chan K'awiil ("Smoke Shell"), as drawn by Frederick Catherwood in 1839]] thumb|Stele to the French 8th Infantry Regiment. Commons:Category:Battle of Waterloo steles|One of more than half a dozen steles located on the Waterloo battlefield. A stele ( ) or stela ( ) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument. The surface of the stele often has text, ornamentation, or both. These may be inscribed, carved in relief, or painted.

thumb|right|Muskets and bayonets aboard the [[frigate Grand Turk]]

Fortuna (), sometimes anglicized as Fortune, is the goddess of luck or fortune in Roman religion. She came to represent life's capriciousness, and was a goddess of fate. In antiquity she was also known by the epithet Automatia (; , "she who does what she will"). Her Greek equivalent is Tyche.

thumb|A tetramorph cherub, in [[Eastern Orthodox iconography]] A cherub (; : cherubim; kərūḇ, pl. kərūḇīm) is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.

thumb|300px|Trident of Poseidon

thumb|Neolithic triple-spiral symbol

thumb|upright|Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as [[Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin ]] thumb|Cornucopia, part of a Roman statue, Archaeological Museum A. Salinas, Palermo, Sicily, Italy In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (; ), also called the horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts. In Greek, it was called the horn of Amalthea (), after Amalthea, a nurse of Zeus, who is often part of stories of the horn's origin.

symbolic rod from Greek mythology

thumb|upright|Modern depiction of the caduceus as the symbol of logistics thumb|upright| carrying a winged caduceus upright in his left hand. A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, [[Rome)]]

upright|thumb|The basic anatomy of a millstone. This is a runner stone; a bedstone would not have the "Spanish Cross" into which the supporting millrind fits.

thumb|upright=0.4|A fasces image, with the axe in the middle of the bundle of rods A fasces ( ; ; a , from the Latin word , meaning 'bundle'; ) is a bound bundle of wooden rods, often, but not always, including an axe (occasionally two axes) with its blade emerging. The fasces is an Italian symbol that had its origin in the Etruscan civilization and was passed on to ancient Rome, where it symbolized a Roman king's power to punish his subjects, and later, a magistrate's power and jurisdiction. The axe has its own separate and older origin. Initially associated with the labrys (; ), the double-b

symbol often historically associated with communist ideology and more recently with socialism

A crescent shape (, ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself.

thumb|upright|Relief carving of Darius the Great of [[Persia on his throne, holding a sceptre and lotus]] A sceptre (spelled scepter in American English) is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia, signifying sovereign authority.

deity

Christian symbol, first and last letters of the Greek alphabet

thumb|A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by [[Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages]]

thumb|Fleur-de-lis thumb|Arms of the Kings of France blazoned Azure, three fleurs-de-lis or The fleur-de-lis, also spelled fleur-de-lys (plural fleurs-de-lis or fleurs-de-lys), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French, and mean and respectively). Most notably, the fleur-de-lis is depicted on multiple flags of Quebec and on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until the French Revolution in 1792, and then again in brief periods in the 19th century. This design still represents France and the House of Bourbon in the form o

model of objects in the sky

thumb|Musk thistle, C. Nutans in the Carpathian Mountains thumb|Milk thistle flowerhead thumb|Cirsium arizonicum, showing arachnoid cobwebbiness on stems and leaves, with ants attending aphids that might be taking advantage of the shelter.

symbol of the all-seeing eye (usually shown surrounded by rays of glory and/or in a triangle)

abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy

ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device and long-shafted projectiles

Zulfiqar or Zulfaqar (, ), also spelled Zu al-Faqar, Zulfakar, Dhu al-Faqar, or Dhulfaqar) is the sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib that was distinguished by having a double blade.

symbol representing the heart

symbol

bundle of grain

thumb|320x320px|Pair of steel spurs from the Auckland War Memorial Museum Collection

tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom

globular object sometimes topped with a cross; Christian symbol of authority

thumb|Statue of Shiva holding a trishula. The trishula () is a trident, a divine symbol, commonly used as one of the principal symbols in Hinduism. It is most commonly associated with the deity Shiva and widely employed in his iconography.

rayed solar symbol

Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, this common name is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.

thumb|Tamgha of the Bayundur, which represents a [[falcon according to Mahmud al-Kashgari]] A tamga, or tamgha (from ), was an abstract seal or brand used by Eurasian nomads and cultures influenced by them, initially as a livestock branding. The tamga was used as a livestock branding for a particular tribe, clan or family. They were common among the Eurasian nomads throughout Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages. As clan and family identifiers, the collection and systematic comparison of tamgas is regarded to provide insights into relations between families, individuals and ethnic groups in

thumb|Portcullis at Desmond Castle, Adare, [[County Limerick, Ireland]] thumb|The inner portcullis of the Torre dell'Elefante in [[Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy]]

national emblem of Argentina and Uruguay

thumb|upright=1.2|Components of a simple drawn plow: thumb|right|Instrument for cleaning a plowshare used at a mill near Horažďovice, [[Czech Republic]] In agriculture, a plowshare (US) or ploughshare (UK; ) is a component of a plow (or plough). It is the cutting or leading edge, preceding the moldboard, and it closely follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes) when plowing.

widely recognized symbol for Lutheranism

The Senyera is a vexillological symbol often called "the four bars", much older than the Crown of Aragon.

planetary, alchemical and gender symbol

In heraldry, a torse or wreath is a twisted roll of fabric laid about the top of the helmet and the base of the crest. It has the dual purpose of masking the join between helm and crest, and of holding the mantling in place.

planetary, alchemical and gender symbol

national symbol of Wales