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Pagan symbols in heraldry
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x***@gmail.com
2017-01-20 18:06:51 UTC
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Looking to find which Pagan symbols may have carried over to Christian heraldry with Scandinavian converts
for Nicolai
2017-01-23 09:19:40 UTC
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...there are many, but first please explain the reason
for your question and what you need the information for !!!
b***@gmail.com
2017-04-06 20:28:24 UTC
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Post by x***@gmail.com
Looking to find which Pagan symbols may have carried over to Christian heraldry with Scandinavian converts
Most obvious is the canting arms of the noble Trolle family: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolle

Though of course you can argue that a troll is more of a Christian (diabolical) being than strictly pagan. I think you will find more ancient, possibly pagan, symbols in Polish and Lithuanian heraldry than in Scandinavian heraldry.
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