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88-490: Phoenix rising originally describes the heraldic position of the image of a phoenix : its head upturned (to its right) with wings raised for flight. The term can also refer to: Film and television [ edit ] Phoenix Rising (Hong Kong TV series) , a 2007 Hong Kong period drama series "Phoenix Rising" ( Babylon 5 ) , an episode of Babylon 5 "Phoenix Rising" ( Eureka ) , an episode of Eureka Phoenix Rising ,

176-521: A Roman legion , carried by a special grade legionary known as an Aquilifer , from the second consulship of Gaius Marius (104 BC) used as the only legionary standard. It was made of silver , or bronze , with outstretched wings. The eagle was not immediately retained as a symbol of the Roman Empire in general in the early medieval period. Neither the early Byzantine emperors nor the Carolingians used

264-526: A USL Championship team in Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix Rising Esports , the premier esports organization for competitive Heroes of the Storm Phoenix Rising , an inverted family roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay See also [ edit ] Phoenix Rise (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

352-452: A displayed eagle. The difference is that rousant eagles face to the right and have their feet on the ground and displayed eagles face the viewer, have their legs splayed out, and the tail is completely visible. There is a debate over whether rousant or displayed is the eagle's default depiction. Volant describes an eagle in profile shown in flight with wings shown addorsed and elevated and its legs together and tucked under. It

440-520: A figure-eight knot . Eagle (heraldry) The eagle is used in heraldry as a charge , as a supporter , and as a crest . Heraldic eagles can be found throughout world history like in the Achaemenid Empire or in the present Republic of Indonesia . The European post-classical symbolism of the heraldic eagle is connected with the Roman Empire on one hand (especially in the case of

528-627: A "crescent trefly" or "treflée". Sometimes there is a cross paty in the centre, notably in the arms of Silesia (silver on a black eagle) introduced in the early 13th century by either Duke Henry the Bearded or Duke Henry II the Pious , which occurs in numerous related arms. The informal term "spread eagle" is derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle displayed (i.e. upright with both wings, both legs, and tailfeathers all outstretched). The wings are usually depicted "expanded" or "elevated" (i.e., with

616-553: A "leopard", and this distinction persists in French heraldry; however, this use of the term leopard has long since been abandoned by English heralds. A "Lion of England" denotes a lion passant guardant Or , used as an augmentation . The Welsh flag features a dragon passant. For stags and other deer-like beasts of chase, the term trippant is used instead of passant. A beast sejant or sejeant ( Middle French : seant , siégeant , "sitting") sits on its haunches, with both forepaws on

704-619: A 1421 source depicts the Trapezuntine flag as yellow with a red single-headed eagle. Apparently, just as in the metropolitan Byzantine state, the use of both motifs, single and double-headed, continued side by side. Other Balkan states followed the Byzantine model as well: chiefly the Serbians , but also the Bulgarians and Albania under George Kastrioti (better known as Skanderbeg ), while after 1472

792-512: A 2006 film featuring Leo Laporte Phoenix Rising (American TV series) , a 2022 American documentary series Music [ edit ] Phoenix Rising (band) , a symphonic power metal band from Spain Phoenix Rising (Artension album) , 1997 Phoenix Rising (The Temptations album) , 1998 Phoenix Rising , an album released in by Deströyer 666 Phoenix Rising (Galneryus album) , 2011 Phoenix Rising (Deep Purple album) ,

880-469: A 2011 combo CD/DVD live album by Deep Purple "Phoenix Rising", a song by Annihilator on the album Set the World on Fire Phoenix Arising , composition for bassoon and piano by Graham Waterhouse, 2008 Other uses [ edit ] Phoenix Rising (novel) , a 1994 young-adult novel by Karen Hesse Phoenix Rising (series) , a trilogy of children's novels by Erica Verrillo Phoenix Rising FC ,

968-399: A circular form, biting their own tail, but this symbol, called an Ouroboros , was imported ready-made into heraldry, and so it needs no term of attitude to describe it. A creature segreant has both forelegs raised in the air, as a beast rampant , with wings addorsed and elevated . This term is reserved to winged quadrupeds (such as griffins and dragons). It is of uncertain etymology; it

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1056-459: A coat of arms with a black double-headed eagle in a yellow field for Otto IV. Segar's Roll ( c.  1280 ) displays the same coat of arms, or, an eagle sable beaked and armed gules for the " king of Germany " ( rey de almayne ). Outside of these exceptional depictions (in sources from outside of Germany), the double-headed eagle remains unattested as emblem of the German kings or emperors until

1144-569: A different color than the body) and langued (depicted having a tongue of a different color than the body) gules (colored red), that is, with red claws / talons and tongue. In its relatively few instances in Gallo-British heraldry (e.g. the arms of the Earls of Dalhousie ) the outermost feathers are typically longer and point upward. An eagle can appear either single- or double-headed ( bicapitate ), in rare cases triple-headed ( tricapitate ) eagle

1232-485: A position are typically blazoned as respectant (Latin respectāns , "watching"). Creatures or objects addorsed or endorsed (Latin ad -, "to" and dorsum , "back"; Middle English endosse , Old French endosser , influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare ) are shown facing away from each other. As with combatant , charges addorsed can only appear in pairs. One also frequently finds keys addorsed (placed in parallel, wards facing outward). An animal or creature naiant

1320-457: A regular eagle. Later heralds used the term alerion to depict baby eagles. To differentiate them from mature eagles, alerions were shown as an eagle displayed inverted without a beak or claws ( disarmed ). To difference it from a decapitate (headless) eagle, the alerion has a bulb-shaped head with an eye staring towards the dexter (right-hand side) of the field. This was later simplified in modern heraldry as an abstract winged oval. An example

1408-407: A tincture, while a stag may be "attired" (antlers) or "unguled" (hooves) of a tincture. The tail may be forked ( queue fourchée ) or doubled ( double-queued ). In addition to the below, there may be rare or, arguably, not entirely standard attitudes, such as a snorting bison . A beast rampant ( Old French : "rearing up") is depicted in profile standing erect with forepaws raised. The position of

1496-562: A turkey. This has led to a misconception that Franklin actively supported a turkey or opposed an eagle for the grand seal. The French Imperial Eagle or Aigle de drapeau (lit. "flag eagle") was a figure of an eagle on a staff carried into battle as a standard by the Grande Armée of Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars . Although they were presented with Regimental Colours , the regiments of Napoleon I tended to carry at their head

1584-410: Is "standing" (in profile toward dexter), all four feet on the ground, usually with the forepaws together. This posture is more frequent in crests than in charges on shields. In certain animals, such as bears, this may refer to an upright, bipedal position (though this position may also be referred to as statant erect ), though bears blazoned as 'statant' can also be found with all four feet firmly on

1672-411: Is also sometimes confusion between a rising bird with displayed wings and a displayed bird. The difference is that rising birds face either to the dexter or in trian aspect and have their feet on the ground. Displayed birds face the viewer, have their legs splayed out, and the tail is completely visible. Several terms refer to the particular position of the wings, rather than the attitude of

1760-402: Is an eagle flying downward in the vertical center of the shield with its back towards the viewer. Like the heraldic lion , the heraldic eagle is seen as dominating the field and normally cannot brook a rival. When two eagles are depicted on a field, they are usually shown combatant , that is, facing each other with wings spread and one claw extended, as though they were fighting. Respectant ,

1848-508: Is assumed to be close ; the exception is the eagle, whose default attitude is displayed . Used to describe a phoenix , though potentially other flying creatures as well, when depicted arising from, for example, a line of flames, a coronet, an amphora, etc. A bird rising , rizant or rousant faces dexter with its head upturned, wings raised, and standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight. A bird rising may have its wings described as either displayed or addorsed , and

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1936-417: Is called "disjointed" (i.e., torn away at the joints), and it is always shown in the rampant position. A lion tricorporated is shown having three bodies combined with one head, with the main/ central lion facing "rampant guardant" (i.e., with its face towards the viewer and with body upright facing to dexter). Herbivores can be shown as pascuant ("grazing") or paissant ("peaceful"), with head lowered to

2024-402: Is considered in bend ("diagonal") as it is flying from the lower sinister to the upper dexter of the field. An eagle or hawk shown recursant has its back towards the viewer, e.g., "an eagle volant recursant descendant in pale" is an eagle flying downward in the vertical center of the shield with its back towards the viewer. A crane standing on one leg (usually with a stone held in

2112-428: Is considered in bend ("diagonal") as it is flying from the lower sinister (heraldic left, from the shield-holder's point of view) to the upper dexter (heraldic right, from the shield-holder's point of view) of the field. However, the term "in bend" is not used unless a bend is actually on the field. An eagle shown recursant has its back towards the viewer, e.g., "An eagle volant recursant descendant in pale"

2200-427: Is depicted with lateral symmetry, but its head is facing the dexter side. In late medieval blasons, the term "eagle" (Middle French egle ) without specification refers to an "eagle displayed". In early modern English terminology, it became common to use "eagle displayed". Also specific to English heraldry is the distinction between "eagle displayed with its wings elevated" and "eagle displayed with wings inverted". This

2288-462: Is due to a regional English convention of depicting the tips of the wings pointing upward, while in continental heraldry, the tips of the wings were depicted downward ("inverted"). Later, English heraldry partially adopted the continental convention, leading to a situation where it was unclear whether the two forms should be considered equivalent. In German heraldry , no attitude other than "eagle displayed with wings inverted" ever became current, so that

2376-478: Is first recorded as sergreant in the 16th century. Payne Fisher's 1682 Synopsis of Heraldry uses the term segriant , as seen in some blazons. Creatures combatant (French, "fighting") are shown in profile facing each other in the rampant or segreant position, always paired and never appearing singly. Nearly any creature can be rendered combatant , although this term is usually applied to predatory beasts and mythical creatures; herbivorous animals in such

2464-401: Is in a vertical position with its head up. A fish, dolphin, or other sea creature urinant ( / ˈ jʊər ɪ n ə n t / ) (Latin ūrīnāns , "diving") is in a vertical position with its head down. A serpent glissant is gliding horizontally in an undulant posture. Serpents, and the tails of other beasts and monsters, may be nowed ( / n aʊ d / (French noué , "knotted")—often in

2552-462: Is running, depicted at full stride with all four legs in the air. A lion coward (Old French coart, cuard , "turning tail") carries the tail between its hind legs and is otherwise shown rampant to dexter; "coward" takes no other modifiers such as "regardant" or "sejant". A beast dormant ( French : "sleeping") is lying down with his head lowered, resting upon the forepaws, as if asleep. (However, perhaps counterintuitively, some sources would have

2640-444: Is seen. An eagle can be displayed with his head turned to the sinister (left side of the field). In full aspect describes an eagle with his head facing the onlooker. In trian aspect (a rare, later 16th and 17th century heraldry term) describes when the eagle's head is facing at a three-quarter view to give the appearance of depth – with the head cocked at an angle somewhere between profile and straight-on. Overture or close

2728-446: Is sometimes observed, however, between a pelican vulning herself (alone, piercing her breast) versus "her piety" (surrounded by and feeding her chicks). Few attitudes are reserved to the rarer classes of creatures, but these include segreant , a term which can only apply to winged quadrupeds; naiant and hauriant , terms applying principally to fish; glissant and nowed , terms applying to serpents. Serpents also sometimes appear in

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2816-443: Is swimming. This term is typically applied to fish (when shown in a horizontal position), but may also apply to other sea creatures and, occasionally, water fowl (i.e. swans, ducks or geese shown without legs). A dolphin blazoned as naiant is always shown as embowed , unlike any other sea creature or monster, even though the blazon may not specify this. A fish, dolphin, or other sea creature hauriant (Latin hauriēns , "drawing up")

2904-464: Is the arms of the Duchy of Lorraine ( Or , on a Bend Gules , 3 Alerions Abaisé Argent ). It supposedly had been inspired by the assumed arms of crusader Geoffrey de Bouillon , who supposedly killed three white eaglets with a bow and arrow when out hunting. It is far more likely to be canting arms that are a pun based on the similarities of "Lorraine" and "erne". The Aquila was the eagle standard of

2992-409: Is the most frequent attitude of quadrupeds, and as supporters they are rarely seen in any other attitude. Forcené is the term for this position when applied to horses or unicorns . A beast passant ( Old French : "striding") walks toward dexter (the viewer's left) with the right forepaw raised and all others on the ground. Early heralds held that any lion in a walking position must necessarily be

3080-441: Is when the wings are shown at the sides and close to the body, always depicted statant (standing in profile and facing the right side of the field). ( Trussed - the term when depicting domestic or game birds with their wings closed - is not used because the eagle is a proud animal and the word implies it is tied up or bound by a net.) Addorsed ("back to back") is when the eagle is shown statant (standing in profile and facing

3168-504: The Brustspange as below. Brustspange , also Brustmond or Brustsichel , is an elongated crescent across the breast and wings (in effect, a pair of Kleestängel extended to join each other). As with Kleestängel , there is no specific English term for this charge as it does not occur in English heraldry: it is usually blazoned simply as a crescent, and when the ends terminate in trefoils as

3256-513: The Imperial Eagle . This was the bronze sculpture of an eagle weighing 1.85 kg (4 lb), mounted on top of the blue regimental flagpole. They were made from six separately cast pieces and, when assembled, measured 310 mm (12 in) in height and 255 mm (10 in) in width. On the base would be the regiment's number or, in the case of the Guard , Garde Impériale . The eagle bore

3344-529: The Seleucid and Parthian eras (3rd-2nd centuries BC) sometimes used an eagle as the finial of their banner. Parthians and Armenians used eagle banners, too. In Europe the iconography of the heraldic eagle, as with other heraldic beasts , is inherited from early medieval tradition. It rests on a dual symbolism: On one hand it was seen as a symbol of the Roman Empire (the Roman Eagle had been introduced as

3432-460: The United States . Displayed is the most common attitude, with examples going back to the early Middle Ages. An eagle rising or rousant ( essorant ) is preparing to fly, but its feet are still on the ground. It is the eagle's version of statant (standing in profile and facing the right side of the field). There is sometimes confusion between a rousant eagle with displayed wings and

3520-647: The arms of Brandenburg or several versions of the arms of Prussia . Reinmar von Zweter fashioned the Klee-Stengeln of his eagle into a second and third head. In Polish the term is przepaska , which means "cloth" or "band" (in Latin, "perizonium" or "perisonium"), which may refer either to the Kleestängel , as in the Polish arms (white on a white eagle, formerly also gold on a white eagle ) and others derived from it, or to

3608-607: The current royal house of Sweden retains the French Imperial Eagle on its dynastic inescutcheon , as his founder, Jean Bernadotte , was a Marshal of France and Prince of Pontecorvo . Naturalistic eagles are often used in military emblems, such as the emblem of the Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), NATO School , the European Personnel Recovery Centre , etc. In Arab nationalism , with

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3696-558: The double-headed eagle ), and with Saint John the Evangelist on the other. A golden eagle was often used on the banner of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. Eagle (or the related royal bird vareghna ) symbolized khvarenah (the God-given glory), and the Achaemenid family was associated with eagle (according to legend, Achaemenes was raised by an eagle). The local rulers of Persis in

3784-669: The heraldry of the Catholic Monarchs . This election alludes to the queen's great devotion to the evangelist that predated her accession to the throne. The Eagle of St. John supported the shields used by Catherine of Aragon , daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, as queen consort of England, and by Mary I and King Philip as joint monarchs of England. In Spain, Philip bore the Eagle of St John (variously one or two) in his ornamented armorial achievements until 1668. The Eagle of

3872-542: The quarter-dollar ), and in various American corporate logos past and present, such as those of Case and American Eagle Outfitters . Benjamin Franklin is quoted in a letter to his daughter regretting the eagle's use as a national symbol, calling it a "bird of bad moral character" that steals from other birds and is easily frightened, and joking that it is good that the eagle in the Cincinnati's proposed seal looked more like

3960-554: The 1270s used a chequered eagle. The Moravian Eagle (without chequering) was first documented on the seal of Ottokar's uncle, Margrave Přemysl (d. 1239) and is thus likely derived from the coat of arms of the Přemyslid dynasty , who in the early 13th century used a "flaming eagle" coat of arms alongside the Bohemian lion for the Kingdom of Bohemia . Heraldic eagles are enduring symbols used in

4048-486: The 1430s. In the 14th century, the German kings use the royal banner ( Königsfahne ) with the single-headed eagle. The earliest pictorial representations of this date to the first half of the 14th century ( Codex Balduini ). This banner develops into the Reichssturmfahne (imperial war flag) with the double-headed Reichsadler (imperial eagle) by the mid-15th century. Sigismund (r. 1433–37) still uses either

4136-438: The 15th century, the leading edge of the wings become half-circles, with the remiges no longer vertical but radiating outward. The legs form a right angles. In the 16th century, eventually, the depiction of the eagle becomes more extravagant and ferocious, the animal being depicted "it in as ornamental and ornate a manner as possible". Fox-Davies (1909) presents a schematic depiction of this evolution, as follows: The depiction of

4224-688: The Borough of Pevensey, used the eagle as an emblem in an instance of canting arms . The earliest known use of the eagle as a heraldic charge is found in the Great Seal of Leopold IV of Austria , dated 1136. Adalbert I, Duke of Teck used an eagle in his seal in c.  1190 . By the late medieval period, in German heraldry the eagle developed into a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire , and thus became comparatively rare outside of coats of arms derived from

4312-542: The Emperor in the drawn-out conflict between emperors and popes) began to display or an eagle sable in chief of their coats of arms, known as capo dell'impero or "chief of the empire". Similarly, German cities began to incorporate the Imperial Eagle into their seals and coats of arms to imply Imperial immediacy . From such usage, use of the heraldic eagle by the end of the medieval period became so strongly associated with

4400-434: The Evangelist , the author of the fourth gospel account, is symbolized by an eagle , king of the birds, often with a halo . The eagle is a figure of the sky, and believed by Christian scholars to be able to look straight into the sun. The best-known heraldic use of the Eagle of St. John has been the single supporter chosen by Queen Isabella of Castile in her armorial achievement used as heiress and later integrated into

4488-573: The Evangelist was restored as single supporter holding the 1939, 1945 and 1977 official models of the armorial achievement of Spain , but been removed in 1981 when the current design was adopted. The eagle was used by the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco as a symbol of his regime. It is also frequently used in modern civic heraldry . The eagles in the Polish , Moravian and Silesian coats of arms are based on 13th-century dynastic arms. The Silesian Piasts

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4576-505: The Holy Roman Empire that the eagle was rarely used as an independent heraldic charge. Examples of continued use of an eagle in coats of arms based on traditions of the 13th century include the Polish , Moravian , and Silesian coats of arms. By far the oldest and most common manner of depicting the eagle in heraldry is what would come to be known as displayed ( éployée ), in direct imitation of Roman iconography . The eagle's body

4664-513: The Imperial Eagle. The Imperial Eagle was and is denominated the Reichsadler . The first evidence of the use of the double-headed Imperial Eagle dates to the mid-13th century ( Chronica Majora , c.  1250 ; Segar's Roll , c.  1280 ). The German kings continued use of the single-headed eagle during the 14th century. In Italy , the Ghibelline faction (the faction loyal to

4752-512: The Romans , who pre-deceased his father in 1654 and never became emperor, is given a single-headed eagle only). Use of the double-headed eagle is first attested in Byzantine art of the 10th century. Its use as an imperial emblem, however, is considerably younger, attested with certainty only in the 15th century, i.e. at about the same time the double-headed eagle was also adopted in the Holy Roman Empire. There are speculative theories according to which

4840-525: The bird itself. A bird in nearly any attitude, except overt , may have its wings displayed or addorsed . A bird displayed is shown affronté with its head turned to dexter and wings spread to the sides to fill the area of the field. This position is presumed of the eagle, and the symbolic use of eagles in this position was well established even before the development of heraldry, going back to Charlemagne . A bird overt ("open") or disclosed has wings open and pointing downward. Close ("closed"),

4928-405: The bird's equivalent of statant , is shown in profile and at rest with its feet flat on the ground and its wings folded at its sides. Trussed is the term used for domestic or game birds, implying the bird is tied up or caught in a net respectively, and is not applied to predator birds like the eagle and hawk. Perched is overt while sitting atop a charge. If a bird's attitude is not blazoned, it

5016-464: The bird, and the traditional heraldic attitude of the "eagle displayed". The American bald eagle has been a popular emblem throughout the life of the republic, with an eagle appearing in its current form since 1885 , in the flags and seals of the President , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force , Justice Department , Defense Department , Postal Service , and other organizations, on various coins (such as

5104-458: The double-headed eagle was first introduced as a dynastic emblem of the Komnenoi , from as early as the 11th century. The Palaiologoi emperors appear to have used the double-headed eagle often as ornamental emblem on their robes etc. during the 13th and 14th century, but only in the 15th century as an emblem on coins or seals. In the 15th century, the double-heade eagle was first used as an emblem by

5192-576: The eagle in their coins or seals. It appears that the eagle is only revived as a symbol of Roman imperial power in the high medieval period , being featured on the sceptres of the Ottonians in the late 10th century, and the double-headed eagle gradually appearing association with the Komnenos dynasty in the 11th and 12th centuries. The eagle is used as an emblem by the Holy Roman Emperors from at least

5280-556: The eagle was adopted by Muscovy , when Ivan III of Russia married Sophia , daughter of Thomas Palaiologos . The Serbian eagle (in the modern coat of arms of Serbia , 1882) is derived from the coat of arms of the Nemanjić dynasty (16th century), in turn derived from the Byzantine imperial eagle. Use of the double-headed eagle for Serbia is among the examples of early representations in Western portolans ( Angelino Dulcert 1339). John

5368-451: The ends into a spiral shape, with the remiges shown vertical. The tail is represented as a number of stiff feathers. By the later 14th century, the head is straightened, and the beak opens, with the tongue becoming visible. The rolling-up of the leading edge of the wings disappears. The claws now form an acute angle relative to the body, occasionally receiving a "hose" covering the upper leg. The tail feathers now spread out in curved lines. In

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5456-446: The few female beasts in heraldry, is shown with a sharp stork-like beak, which it uses to vuln (pierce or wound) her own breast. This is per the bestiary myth that a female pelican wounded herself thus to feed her chicks. This symbol of sacrifice carries a particular religious meaning (usually a reference to Christ 's sacrifice), and became so popular in heraldry that pelicans rarely exist in heraldry in any other position. A distinction

5544-419: The ground (e.g. in the arms of the former borough council of Berwick-upon-Tweed ). While statant is used in reference to predatory beasts, the more docile animals when in this position may be called at bay , while such creatures statant guardant are said to be at gaze . This is particularly true of stags (harts). Also spelled morné or mortine , a lion depicted with neither claws, teeth, nor tongue, in

5632-452: The ground. A beast sejant erect is seated on its haunches, but with its body erect and both forepaws raised in the "rampant" position (this is sometimes termed "sejant-rampant"). A beast couchant ( Old French : "lying down") is lying down, but with the head raised. Lodged is the term for this position when applied to the "docile" (i.e. herbivorous ) animals. A beast courant (French: "running"; also at speed or in full chase )

5720-426: The heraldic eagle is subject to a great range of variation in style. The eagle was far more common in continental European —particularly German —than English heraldry , and it most frequently appears Sable (colored black) with its beak and claws Or (colored gold or yellow). It is often depicted membered (having limbs of a different color than the body) / armed (an animal depicted with its natural weapons of

5808-478: The hind legs varies according to local custom: the lion may stand on both hind legs, braced wide apart, or on only one, with the other also raised to strike; the word rampant is sometimes omitted, especially in early blazon, as this is the most usual position of a carnivorous quadruped. Note: the term segreant denotes the same position, but implies a particular wing position and is only used in reference to winged quadrupeds such as griffins and dragons . Rampant

5896-499: The lion dormant with the eyes open.) A beast salient ( Latin : saliēns , "leaping") (also springing ) is leaping, with both hind legs together on the ground and both forelegs together in the air. This is a very rare position for a lion, but is also used of other heraldic beasts. The stag and other docile animals in this position are often termed springing . Certain smaller animals are sometimes blazoned as saltant rather than salient . A beast statant ( Old French : "standing")

5984-522: The national coats of arms of a number of countries: Since 20 June 1782, the United States has used its national bird , the bald eagle , on its Great Seal ; the choice was intended to at once recall the Roman Republic and be uniquely American (the bald eagle being indigenous to North America). The representation of the American Eagle is thus a unique combination between a naturalistic depiction of

6072-445: The other foot) may be called vigilant or in its vigilance (e.g. Waverley Borough Council 's "crane in its vigilance" ). A stone is usually shown held in the claw of the raised leg. This is as per the bestiary myth that cranes stayed awake by doing so. If it dozed, the crane would supposedly drop the rock, waking itself up. One peculiar attitude, reserved only to the pelican, is the pelican in her piety . The heraldic pelican, one of

6160-438: The points upward); displayed inverted is when the wings are depicted points downward. According to Hugh Clark, An Introduction to Heraldry , the term spread eagle refers to "an eagle with two heads, displayed", but this distinction has apparently been lost in modern usage. Most of the eagles used as emblems of various monarchs and states are displayed , including those on the coats of arms of Germany , Romania , Poland and

6248-469: The positions of birds, exemplified by the bird most usual to heraldry – the heraldic eagle ; moreover, birds also are described by the positions of their wings. The term naiant (swimming) applies to fish, swans, ducks, and geese. The term segreant is applied to the griffin , as an approximation of rampant , and is applied to the dragon . Animal figures are positioned in profile, facing dexter (the viewer's left), and persons are shown affronté (facing

6336-565: The quality did not match the originals. The workmanship was of a lesser quality and the main distinguishing changes had the new models with closed beaks and they were set in a more crouched posture. Napoleon also used the French Imperial Eagle in the heraldry of the First Empire , as did his nephew Napoleon III during the Second Empire . An eagle remains in the arms of the House of Bonaparte and

6424-479: The rampant position. The term is from the Old French verb morner , from morne , a ring placed over the point of a lance, from Latin mora , "sword guard". A lion baillone is show in the rampant position holding a baton in its teeth. Also called diffame , infamed , and defame , a lion shown in the rampant position without its tail. A lion shown with its paws and head (but not its tail) detached from its body

6512-418: The right side of the field) and ready to fly, with the wings shown open behind the eagle so that they almost touch. Espanie or épandre ("expanded") is when the eagle is shown affronté (facing the viewer with the head turned to the dexter ) and the wings are shown with the tips upward. Abaisé or abaissé ("lowered") is when the eagle is shown affronté (facing the viewer) and the wings are shown with

6600-459: The same level as their four legs, as the head of a cow would be when eating grass. Some attitudes describe the positioning of birds. The eagle is so often found displayed in early heraldry that this position came to be presumed of the eagle unless some other attitude is specified in the blazon. The terms expanded and elevated or abaissé and inverted are similar terms often used interchangeably in heraldry but have specific meanings. There

6688-520: The same significance to French Imperial regiments as the colours did to British regiments - to lose the eagle would bring shame to the regiment, who had pledged to defend it to the death. Upon Napoleon's fall, the restored monarchy of Louis XVIII of France ordered all eagles to be destroyed and only a very small number escaped. When the former emperor returned to power in 1815 (known as the Hundred Days ) he immediately had more eagles produced, although

6776-569: The semi-autonomous Despots of the Morea , who were younger imperial princes, and by the Gattilusi of Lesbos , who were Palaiologan relatives and vassals. The double-headed eagle was used in the breakaway Empire of Trebizond as well. Western portolans of the 14th–15th centuries use the double-headed eagle (silver/golden on red/ vermilion ) as the symbol of Trebizond rather than Constantinople. Single-headed eagles are also attested in Trapezuntine coins, and

6864-485: The shield bearer's perspective, not the viewer's. Many attitudes commonly met with in heraldic rolls apply specifically to predatory beasts , while others may be better suited to the docile animals. These will each be discussed in detail below. A blazon may also specify the position of a beast's head, differently coloured parts (such as teeth, claws, tongue, etc.), or the shape or position of its tail. A beast may be "armed" (horns, teeth and claws) or "langued" (tongue) of

6952-435: The simple blason of "eagle" ( Adler ) still refers to this configuration. There is a gradual evolution of the standard depiction of the heraldic eagle over the course of the 12th to 16th centuries. In the 12th to 13th century, the head is raised and the beak is closed. The leading edge of the wings (in German heraldry termed Sachsen or Saxen , representing the main bones in the bird's wing, humerus and ulna) are rolled up at

7040-449: The single-headed or the double-headed eagle. Consistent use of the double-headed eagle only begins with the Habsburg emperors (with Frederick III , 1440). After 1558 ( Ferdinand I ), the title of King of the Romans is used for the emperor's heir apparent; the double-headed eagle now represents the emperor, and the single-headed eagle the emperor's heir apparent (thus, Ferdinand IV, King of

7128-592: The standardised emblem of the Roman legions under consul Gaius Marius in 102 BC); on the other hand, the eagle in early medieval iconography represented Saint John the Evangelist , ultimately based on the tradition of the four living creatures in Ezekiel . In early heraldry or proto-heraldry of the 12th century, however, the eagle as a heraldic charge was not necessarily tied to either imperial or biblical symbolism. The Anglo-Norman L'Aigle family , who held Pevensey castle and

7216-449: The term used for depicting domestic or game animals shown facing each other, is not used because eagles are aggressive predators. When two eagles are shown back-to-back and facing the edges of the field the term used is addorsed / endorsed or adossés ("back-to-back"). This term is used when three or more Eagles are shown on a field. They represent immature eagles. Originally the term erne or alerion in early heraldry referred to

7304-420: The time of Otto III (late 10th century), in the form of the "eagle-sceptre". Frederick Barbarossa ( r. 1155–90) is reported as having displayed an eagle on his banner, Otto IV ( r. 1209–15) an eagle hovering over a dragon. The first evidence of the use of the Reichsadler (imperial eagle) proper dates to the mid-13th century. Matthew Paris ' Chronica Majora ( c.  1250 ) displays

7392-448: The tips downward. A good example is the eagle on the reverse side of the US quarter-dollar coin . Kleestängel , also Kleestengel or Klee-Stengeln ("clover-stems"), are the pair of long-stemmed trefoil-type charges originating in 13th-century German depictions of the heraldic eagle. They represent the upper edge of the wings and are normally Or (gold / yellow), like the beak and claws, as in

7480-528: The title Phoenix Rising . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phoenix_Rising&oldid=1257617841 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Attitude (heraldry) Other heraldic attitudes, such as volant (flying), describe

7568-483: The viewer), but the blazon might specify other attitudes. Animals and animal-like creatures are presumed to be shown in profile facing dexter . This attitude is standard unless otherwise stated in the blazon. As a warrior will usually carry a shield in the left hand, the animal shown on the shield will then face toward the knight's body. Humans and human-like beings are presumed to be shown affronté . The heraldic terms dexter ('right') and sinister ('left') represent

7656-439: The wings may be further described as elevated or inverted . A bird volant faces the dexter with its wings spread in flight (usually shown addorsed and elevated ) and its legs tucked under its body. Volant en arrière is when the bird is shown from a top-down perspective with the head facing straight ahead, its back to the viewer, and the wings spread in flight (usually shown displayed and inverted ). A bird volant

7744-735: Was the first branch of Piast dynasty to use an eagle for their coat of arms. The first documented use of the Upper Silesian Eagle was on the Casimir I of Opole 's seal in 1222 and was later followed by the first use of the Lower Silesian Eagle by the Henry II the Pious in 1224. Przemysł II was the first Polish ruler to use the Polish Eagle as a coat of arms to represent the whole of Poland in 1295. The Margraviate of Moravia from at least

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