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Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Oct. 2014
The lily, or the lily, as it is also called, is one of the most coveted flowers in the world for its beauty and imprint singular. While, heraldry, what is the discipline who deals with studying and explaining the history of coats of arms has adopted the image of the lily as one of the most representative and symbolizes it precisely through theFlower de lis, which is nothing but a lily.
The presence of the fleur de lis in heraldry is really old, millenary we could say, and is on a par with others figures traditional of this art such as the cross, the lion and an eagle, meanwhile, for several centuries this flower, which is usually represented with a yellow coloration, is intimately linked with the monarchy of France. Because precisely the fleur de lis was part of coats of arms and coats of arms that belonged to the French kings, in particular to King Louis VII who ruled France there for the Middle Ages.
But not only the kings of the aforementioned times took over his image to be recognized through it, but that there are also other areas, such as some religions, Freemasonry and Scout movements, which adopted this flower as
symbol for representing issues that they both defend and propose as being: the peace, sovereignty, honor, among others.Its use never ceased to have adherents, even today, many people who want to manifest the mentioned values decide to wear the fleur de lis tattooed on their skins, to show that they are faithful defenders of all of them.
Regarding its origin there is not much certainty but there are several speculations, among them that its inspiration is the call Egyptian Lotus Flower. The Lotus Flower is a popular aquatic species that is capable of germinating after thirty centuries. For both reasons, because it comes from the bottom of the sea and because of that particular question of its development, it has had a very strong meaning. symbolic for various cultures and religions such as Egypt, India and China.
Themes in Fleur de Lis