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href="/wiki/Owain_Glynd%C5%B5r" title="Owain Glyndŵr">Owain Glyndŵr</a> who most notably displayed it at Twt Hill after his successes in reclaiming Welsh territory. The wyvern is based on his privy seal.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FlagOfWessex.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/FlagOfWessex.svg/260px-FlagOfWessex.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/FlagOfWessex.svg/390px-FlagOfWessex.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/FlagOfWessex.svg/520px-FlagOfWessex.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="258" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wessex" title="Wessex">Wessex</a> is often, in modern times, symbolised by a wyvern or <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>. While there is little to no evidence that it explicitly identified Wessex at the time of the kingdom, the association was popularised in the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The above flag was created by <a href="/wiki/William_Crampton" title="William Crampton">William Crampton</a>, an advocate for English regional flags, in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>wyvern</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">WY</span>-vərn</i></a>, sometimes spelled <b>wivern</b>) is a type of mythical <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a> with <a href="/wiki/Bipedalism" title="Bipedalism">two legs</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Wing" title="Wing">wings</a>, and often a pointed <a href="/wiki/Tail" title="Tail">tail</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wyvern in its various forms is important in <a href="/wiki/Heraldry" title="Heraldry">heraldry</a>, frequently appearing as a mascot of schools and athletic teams (chiefly in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>). It is a popular creature in European literature, mythology, and folklore. Today, it is often used in fantasy literature and video games. The wyvern in heraldry and folklore is rarely fire-breathing, unlike other dragons. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i>, the word is a development of <a href="/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">Middle English</a> <i>wyver</i> (attested fourteenth century), from <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_language" title="Anglo-Norman language">Anglo-French</a> <span title="Anglo-Norman-language text"><i lang="xno">wivre</i></span> (cf. French <i>guivre</i> and <i>vouivre</i>), which originate from <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>vīpera</i>, meaning "viper", "adder", or "asp".<sup id="cite_ref-oed_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hoad_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hoad-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The concluding "<i>–n</i>" had been added by the beginning of the 17th century, when <a href="/wiki/John_Guillim" title="John Guillim">John Guillim</a> in 1610 describes the "<i>wiverne</i>" as a creature that "partake[s] of a Fowle in the Wings and Legs ... and doth resemble a Serpent in the Taile".<sup id="cite_ref-oed_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Gibbon_(officer_of_arms)" title="John Gibbon (officer of arms)">John Gibbon</a> in 1682 emphasises that it "hath but two Legs".<sup id="cite_ref-oed_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Conversely, <a href="/wiki/Medievalism" title="Medievalism">medievalist</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Sayers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Sayers (page does not exist)">William Sayers</a> proposes a more complex origin for the term. He notes that the Anglo-French <i><a href="/wiki/Guivre" title="Guivre">guivre</a></i> and its Middle English derivative ceased to retain the original sense of "venomous snake" after the Latin term was re-introduced into medieval Latin, freeing them up to take an alternative meaning.<sup id="cite_ref-sayers_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sayers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 460">: 460 </span></sup> Adducing another meaning of <i>wiver</i> (this time <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a>) and <i>guivre</i>, "light <a href="/wiki/Javelin" title="Javelin">javelin</a>",<sup id="cite_ref-sayers_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sayers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 461">: 461 </span></sup> and noting partial resemblances between the size and shape of javelins and snakes,<sup id="cite_ref-sayers_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sayers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 462">: 462 </span></sup> plus the later medieval era's increasing use of heavy armor and decreasing use of light javelins, he proposes that the concepts of "venomous snake" and "light javelin" were melded to produce a new term for a previously unimagined concept of flying snake, a kind of dragon.<sup id="cite_ref-sayers_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sayers-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 463">: 463 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F._21r._Wyvern.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/F._21r._Wyvern.jpg/260px-F._21r._Wyvern.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/F._21r._Wyvern.jpg/390px-F._21r._Wyvern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/F._21r._Wyvern.jpg/520px-F._21r._Wyvern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="477" /></a><figcaption>A wyvern from a fourteenth-century manuscript in the <a href="/wiki/National_Library_of_Wales" title="National Library of Wales">National Library of Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberystwyth" title="Aberystwyth">Aberystwyth</a>: this example has a second head at the end of its tail.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg/260px-Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg/390px-Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg/520px-Chester_Cathedral_-_Chorgest%C3%BChl_7_Wyvern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1712" /></a><figcaption>A carved wyvern on the choir stalls of <a href="/wiki/Chester_Cathedral" title="Chester Cathedral">Chester Cathedral</a> in Cheshire, England, c. 1380</figcaption></figure> <p>The concept of <a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">winged snakes</a>, mythical creatures similar to wyverns, is common in cultures around the Mediterranean, with a notable example being the Egyptian goddess <a href="/wiki/Wadjet" title="Wadjet">Wadjet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest creatures outright referred to as "winged dragons" are <a href="/wiki/Helios" title="Helios">Helios</a>'s chariot steeds, which aid <a href="/wiki/Medea" title="Medea">Medea</a>. </p><p>In British heraldry, the term "wyver" first appears in Great Roll in <a href="/wiki/1312" title="1312">1312</a>, and is derived from the Old French "wyvre", meaning "serpent". The term "dragon" appears by the following century. Afterwards, four-legged dragons become increasingly popular in heraldry and become distinguished from the two-legged kind during the sixteenth century, at which point the latter kind becomes commonly known as the "wyver" and later "wyvern".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distinction_from_other_dragons">Distinction from other dragons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Distinction from other dragons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the sixteenth century, in English, Welsh, Scottish, French and Irish heraldry, heraldic wyverns are defined as distinct entities from heraldic dragons. The key difference has been that a wyvern has two legs, whereas a dragon has four. This distinction is not commonly observed in the heraldry of other European countries, where two-legged dragon creatures are simply called dragons.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Davies_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_modern_fiction">In modern fiction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In modern fiction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wyvern frequently features in modern fantasy fiction, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Wing" title="Fourth Wing">Fourth Wing</a></i>, though its first literary appearances may have been in medieval <a href="/wiki/Bestiary" title="Bestiary">bestiaries</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_heraldry">In heraldry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In heraldry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png/260px-1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png/390px-1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png/520px-1st_Duke_of_Marlborough_arms.png 2x" data-file-width="567" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>Wyverns <a href="/wiki/Supporter_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supporter (heraldry)">supporting</a> the arms of <a href="/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough">John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The wyvern is a frequent <a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">charge</a> in <a href="/wiki/English_heraldry" title="English heraldry">English heraldry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vexillology" title="Vexillology">vexillology</a>, also occasionally appearing as a <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">supporter</a> or <a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">crest</a>. </p><p>A wyvern is typically depicted resting upon its legs and tail, but may be depicted with its claws in the air and only supported by its tail. On occasion, a wyvern may be depicted as wingless and with its tail <a href="/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)#Nowed" title="Attitude (heraldry)">nowed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Davies_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Davies-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A silver (<a href="/wiki/Argent_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Argent (heraldry)">argent</a>) wyvern formed the crest of the <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Borough of Leicester</a> as recorded at the <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_visitation" title="Heraldic visitation">heraldic visitation</a> of Leicestershire in 1619: "A wyvern sans legs argent strewed with wounds gules, wings expanded ermine." The term "sans legs" may not imply that the wyvern was "without legs", rather than its legs are not depicted, being hidden or folded under.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> in 1845 when it became the crest of its unofficial <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company asserted that the "wyvern was the standard of the <a href="/wiki/Mercia" title="Mercia">Kingdom of Mercia</a>", and that it was "a quartering in the town arms of Leicester".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 1897 the <i>Railway Magazine</i> noted that there appeared "to be no foundation that the wyvern was associated with the Kingdom of Mercia".<sup id="cite_ref-railmag_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railmag-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been associated with <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a> since the time of <a href="/wiki/Thomas,_2nd_Earl_of_Lancaster" title="Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster">Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester</a> (c. 1278–1322), the most powerful lord in the <a href="/wiki/Midlands" title="Midlands">Midlands</a>, who used it as his personal crest.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A green wyvern stands in the emblem of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Umbria" title="Umbria">Umbrian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Terni" title="Terni">Terni</a>; the dragon is called by the name Thyrus by the citizens. A sable wyvern on a white background with endorsed wings forms the coat of arms of the Tilley family. </p><p>The arms of the <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Society_of_Apothecaries" title="Worshipful Society of Apothecaries">Worshipful Society of Apothecaries</a> depict a wyvern, symbolising disease, being overcome by <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>, symbolising medicine. </p><p>Wyvern <a href="/wiki/Zilant" title="Zilant">Zilant</a> is depicted on the coat of arms of the city of <a href="/wiki/Kazan" title="Kazan">Kazan</a>, the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Tatarstan" title="Tatarstan">Republic of Tatarstan</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_logo_or_mascot">As a logo or mascot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: As a logo or mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The wyvern is a popular commercial <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logo</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascot</a>, especially in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and what was once the <a href="/wiki/West_Country" title="West Country">West Country</a> Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Wessex" title="Wessex">Wessex</a>, but also in <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, as the rivers <a href="/wiki/River_Wye" title="River Wye">Wye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Severn" class="mw-redirect" title="Severn">Severn</a> run through <a href="/wiki/Hereford" title="Hereford">Hereford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> respectively. A local radio station was formerly called <a href="/wiki/Wyvern_FM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyvern FM">Wyvern FM</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Motors" title="Vauxhall Motors">Vauxhall Motors</a> had a model in its range in the 1950s called the <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Wyvern" title="Vauxhall Wyvern">Wyvern</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Westland_Wyvern" title="Westland Wyvern">Westland Wyvern</a> was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing active service in the 1956 <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>. </p> <ul><li>The wyvern is a frequent mascot of athletic teams, colleges and universities, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States, and was the mascot of the former <a href="/wiki/Korea_Baseball_Organization" title="Korea Baseball Organization">Korea Baseball Organization</a> team <a href="/wiki/SK_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="SK Wyverns">SK Wyverns</a>, established in 2000, <a href="/wiki/Residential_colleges_of_the_University_of_Queensland" title="Residential colleges of the University of Queensland">King's College, within the University of Queensland</a>, and the Japanese basketball team, the <a href="/wiki/Passlab_Yamagata_Wyverns" class="mw-redirect" title="Passlab Yamagata Wyverns">Passlab Yamagata Wyverns</a> of the <a href="/wiki/B.League" title="B.League">Japanese B.League</a>.</li> <li>The wyvern is also the mascot of the 51st Operations Support Squadron at <a href="/wiki/Osan_Air_Base" title="Osan Air Base">Osan Air Base</a>, with the motto: "breathin' fire!"<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A wyvern is depicted on the unit crest of the <a href="/wiki/USAF" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF">USAF</a> <a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st Fighter Wing</a>.</li> <li>A wyvern is featured on the club crests of both <a href="/wiki/Leyton_Orient_F.C." title="Leyton Orient F.C.">Leyton Orient F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_United_F.C." title="Carlisle United F.C.">Carlisle United F.C.</a></li> <li>A wyvern is featured as the team mascot for <a href="/wiki/Woodbridge_College" title="Woodbridge College">Woodbridge College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woodbridge,_Ontario" title="Woodbridge, Ontario">Woodbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada.</li> <li>A wyvern is the mascot of <a href="/wiki/Quinsigamond_Community_College" title="Quinsigamond Community College">Quinsigamond Community College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>.</li> <li>A wyvern is the logo of <a href="/wiki/LLVM" title="LLVM">LLVM</a>, the compiler infrastructure project.</li> <li>A wyvern is the logo of the Swiss chocolate manufacturer <a href="/wiki/Lindt" title="Lindt">Lindt</a>.</li> <li>A wyvern is the emblem of East London Rugby Football Club.</li> <li>Wyvern is the a nickname of a fictional aircraft in the <a href="/wiki/Ace_Combat" title="Ace Combat">Ace Combat</a> series: the X-02 Wyvern.</li> <li>A wyvern is the emblem of <a href="/wiki/Old_Wesley_R.F.C." title="Old Wesley R.F.C.">Old Wesley R.F.C.</a></li> <li>A wyvern is contained in the emblem of <a href="/wiki/Ternana_Calcio" title="Ternana Calcio">Ternana Calcio</a>.</li> <li>A wyvern is featured on the crest of <a href="/wiki/King_Alfred_School,_Pl%C3%B6n" title="King Alfred School, Plön">King Alfred School, Plön</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wyvern&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 241.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 239.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie,_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of Sophie, Countess of Wessex"><img alt="Arms of Sophie, Countess of Wessex" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg/359px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg/539px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg/719px-Coat_of_Arms_of_Sophie%2C_Duchess_of_Edinburgh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1530" data-file-height="1150" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arms of <a href="/wiki/Sophie,_Countess_of_Wessex" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie, Countess of Wessex">Sophie, Countess of Wessex</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A wyvern fighting with a wolf, relief, Trento Cathedral, Italy"><img alt="A wyvern fighting with a wolf, relief, Trento Cathedral, Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg/360px-Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg/540px-Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg/720px-Trento-cathedral-relief_with_wyvern.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A wyvern fighting with a wolf, <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">relief</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trento" title="Trento">Trento</a> Cathedral, Italy</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 194.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 192.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Midland_arms.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Arms of Midland Railway at Derby station, bearing in crest a wyvern sans legs"><img alt="Arms of Midland Railway at Derby station, bearing in crest a wyvern sans legs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Midland_arms.jpg/289px-Midland_arms.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Midland_arms.jpg/433px-Midland_arms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Midland_arms.jpg/578px-Midland_arms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="561" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arms of <a href="/wiki/Midland_Railway" title="Midland Railway">Midland Railway</a> at <a href="/wiki/Derby" title="Derby">Derby</a> station, bearing in crest a wyvern <i>sans legs</i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brasao-Brigantina.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Wyverns as supporters in the coat of arms of the Portuguese House of Braganza"><img alt="Wyverns as supporters in the coat of arms of the Portuguese House of Braganza" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Brasao-Brigantina.png/292px-Brasao-Brigantina.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Brasao-Brigantina.png/437px-Brasao-Brigantina.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Brasao-Brigantina.png/583px-Brasao-Brigantina.png 2x" data-file-width="716" data-file-height="663" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wyverns as <a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">supporters</a> in the coat of arms of the Portuguese <a href="/wiki/House_of_Braganza" title="House of Braganza">House of Braganza</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:43_inf_div_-vector.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division insignia (World War II)"><img alt="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division insignia (World War II)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/43_inf_div_-vector.svg/270px-43_inf_div_-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/43_inf_div_-vector.svg/405px-43_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/43_inf_div_-vector.svg/540px-43_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division</a> insignia (World War II)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="US Army 3rd Infantry Division has a wyvern on its emblem. The insignia is worn as a unit badge by members of the division's command."><img alt="US Army 3rd Infantry Division has a wyvern on its emblem. The insignia is worn as a unit badge by members of the division's command." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg/240px-3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg/360px-3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg/479px-3rd_Infantry_Division_DUI.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="232" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">US Army 3rd Infantry Division has a wyvern on its emblem. The insignia is worn as a unit badge by members of the division's command.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 253.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 251.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="The flag of the former Duchy of Masovia"><img alt="The flag of the former Duchy of Masovia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg/377px-Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg.png" decoding="async" width="252" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg/566px-Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg/754px-Chor%C4%85giew_Mazowsza.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="533" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The flag of the former <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Masovia" title="Duchy of Masovia">Duchy of Masovia</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 120px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 118px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Wyvern atop the crest of Dr. Thomas Kingsbury, Fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland (1742)."><img alt="Wyvern atop the crest of Dr. Thomas Kingsbury, Fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland (1742)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg/177px-Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg" decoding="async" width="118" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg/265px-Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg/354px-Coat_of_Arms_-_Dr_Thomas_Kingsbury_1742.jpg 2x" data-file-width="869" data-file-height="1326" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Wyvern atop the crest of Dr. Thomas Kingsbury, Fellow of the King and Queen's College of Physicians, Ireland (1742).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 272px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 270px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Trégor, Brittany"><img alt="Flag of Trégor, Brittany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg/405px-Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg/608px-Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg/810px-Banniel_Bro_Dreger_1998.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag of <a href="/wiki/Tr%C3%A9gor" title="Trégor">Trégor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 168.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 166.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="General Nursing Badge awarded to graduates of the Epworth Hospital General Nursing School (1924–1988). This particular design features a wyvern and the motto Non ministrari sed ministrare (not to be served but to serve). The design was adopted for use by nursing training schools established by the Methodist Church in Adelaide (Memorial Hospital) and Sydney (Waverly War Memorial Hospital).[23][24]"><img alt="General Nursing Badge awarded to graduates of the Epworth Hospital General Nursing School (1924–1988). This particular design features a wyvern and the motto Non ministrari sed ministrare (not to be served but to serve). The design was adopted for use by nursing training schools established by the Methodist Church in Adelaide (Memorial Hospital) and Sydney (Waverly War Memorial Hospital).[23][24]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg/250px-Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg/374px-Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg/499px-Epworth_Hospital_General_Nursing_Badge_circa_1987.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2866" data-file-height="3100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">General Nursing Badge awarded to graduates of the <a href="/wiki/Epworth_HealthCare" title="Epworth HealthCare">Epworth Hospital</a> General Nursing School (1924–1988). This particular design features a wyvern and the motto <i>Non ministrari sed ministrare (not to be served but to serve)</i>. 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Potter. pp. <span class="nowrap">186–</span>188. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0517526298" title="Special:BookSources/0517526298"><bdi>0517526298</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Heraldic+Imagination&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E186-%3C%2Fspan%3E188&rft.pub=Clarkson+N.+Potter&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=0517526298&rft.aulast=Dennys&rft.aufirst=Rodney&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fheraldicimaginat0000denn%2Fpage%2F186%2Fmode%2F2up%3Fview%3Dtheater&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWyvern" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Davies-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Davies_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Davies_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFFox-Davies1909" class="citation book cs1">Fox-Davies, Charles (1909). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxduoft/page/226/mode/2up?view=theater"><i>A Complete Guide to Heraldry</i></a>. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack. pp. <span class="nowrap">226–</span>227<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Complete+Guide+to+Heraldry&rft.place=London&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E226-%3C%2Fspan%3E227&rft.pub=T.C.+%26+E.C.+Jack&rft.date=1909&rft.aulast=Fox-Davies&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcompleteguidetoh00foxduoft%2Fpage%2F226%2Fmode%2F2up%3Fview%3Dtheater&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWyvern" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A wyvern and an elephant may be found at <i>Harley MS 3244</i> (dated 13th century, after c. 1236), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=21497">f.39v</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140901051600/http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=21497">Archived</a> 2014-09-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Geoffrey Briggs, <i>Civic & Corporate Heraldry</i>, London, 1971</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">C. W. Scot-Giles, <i>Civic Heraldry of England and Wales</i>, 2nd edition, London, 1953</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A. C. 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title="Tiamat">Tiamat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_dragon" title="Vietnamese dragon">Vietnamese dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vritra" title="Vritra">Vritra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yam_(god)" title="Yam (god)">Yam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahhak" title="Zahhak">Zahhak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poubi_Lai" title="Poubi Lai">Poubi Lai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangl%C4%81_Sh%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanglā Shā">Kanglā Shā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhdaha" title="Azhdaha">Azhdaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelbeghen" title="Yelbeghen">Yelbeghen</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ao_Guang" title="Ao Guang">Ao Guang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azure_Dragon" title="Azure Dragon">Azure Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chi_(mythology)" title="Chi (mythology)">Chi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dilong" title="Dilong">Dilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feilian" title="Feilian">Feilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feilong" title="Feilong">Feilong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fucanglong" class="mw-redirect" title="Fucanglong">Fucanglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_(rainbow-dragon)" title="Hong (rainbow-dragon)">Hong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaolong" title="Jiaolong">Jiaolong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panlong_(mythology)" title="Panlong (mythology)">Panlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulao_(dragon)" title="Pulao (dragon)">Pulao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiulong" title="Qiulong">Qiulong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenlong" title="Shenlong">Shenlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teng_(mythology)" title="Teng (mythology)">Teng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tianlong" title="Tianlong">Tianlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Dragon" title="Yellow Dragon">Yellow Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yinglong" title="Yinglong">Yinglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhulong_(mythology)" title="Zhulong (mythology)">Zhulong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_dragon" title="Japanese dragon">Japanese</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kiyohime" title="Kiyohime">Kiyohime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuraokami" title="Kuraokami">Kuraokami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuzury%C5%AB" title="Kuzuryū">Kuzuryū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizuchi" title="Mizuchi">Mizuchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%ABjin" title="Ryūjin">Ryūjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toyotama-hime" title="Toyotama-hime">Toyotama-hime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wani_(dragon)" title="Wani (dragon)">Wani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watatsumi" title="Watatsumi">Watatsumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamata_no_Orochi" title="Yamata no Orochi">Yamata no Orochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zennyo_Ry%C5%AB%C5%8D" title="Zennyo Ryūō">Zennyo Ryūō</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4em"><a href="/wiki/European_dragon" title="European dragon">Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ajatar" title="Ajatar">Ajatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">Amphiptere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balaur" title="Balaur">Balaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisterne_Dragon" title="Bisterne Dragon">Bisterne Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ben" title="Blue Ben">Blue Ben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulshedra" title="Kulshedra">Bolla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuvash_dragon" title="Chuvash dragon">Chuvash dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">Cockatrice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cu%C3%A9lebre" title="Cuélebre">Cuélebre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gargouille" class="mw-redirect" title="Gargouille">Gargouille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guivre" title="Guivre">Guivre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herensuge" title="Herensuge">Herensuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaculus" title="Jaculus">Jaculus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Guita_Xica" title="La Guita Xica">La Guita Xica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marraco" title="Marraco">Marraco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oilliph%C3%A9ist" title="Oilliphéist">Oilliphéist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peluda" title="Peluda">Peluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piast_Dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Piast Dragon">Piast Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_dragon" title="Slavic dragon">Slavic dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugaar" title="Sugaar">Sugaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugarin" title="Tugarin">Tugarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishap" title="Vishap">Vishap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wawel_Dragon" title="Wawel Dragon">Wawel Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Dragon" title="Welsh Dragon">Welsh Dragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_dragon" title="White dragon">White dragon</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilant" title="Zilant">Zilant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zirnitra" class="mw-redirect" title="Zirnitra">Zirnitra</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Germanic_dragon" title="Germanic dragon">Germanic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_of_Mordiford" title="Dragon of Mordiford">Dragon of Mordiford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F%C3%A1fnir" title="Fáfnir">Fáfnir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr" title="Jörmungandr">Jörmungandr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knucker" title="Knucker">Knucker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laidly_Worm_of_Spindleston_Heugh" class="mw-redirect" title="Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh">Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambton_Worm" title="Lambton Worm">Lambton Worm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">Lindworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C3%AD%C3%B0h%C3%B6ggr" title="Níðhöggr">Níðhöggr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sockburn_Worm" title="Sockburn Worm">Sockburn Worm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoor_worm" title="Stoor worm">Stoor worm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_dragon_(Beowulf)" title="The dragon (Beowulf)">The dragon (Beowulf)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worm_of_Linton" title="Worm of Linton">Worm of Linton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dragons_in_Greek_mythology" title="Dragons in Greek mythology">Greek</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cychreides" title="Cychreides">Cychreides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delphyne" title="Delphyne">Delphyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drakaina_(mythology)" title="Drakaina (mythology)">Drakaina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" title="Lernaean Hydra">Lernaean Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladon_(mythology)" title="Ladon (mythology)">Ladon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyrausta" title="Pyrausta">Pyrausta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Python_(mythology)" title="Python (mythology)">Python</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:4em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horned_Serpent" title="Horned Serpent">Horned Serpent</a></li> 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Tolkien</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancalagon_the_Black" title="Ancalagon the Black">Ancalagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smaug" title="Smaug">Smaug</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_(Dragonriders_of_Pern)" title="Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern)">Dragons in Pern</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In art</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Dragons_(painting)" title="Nine Dragons (painting)"><i>Nine Dragons</i> painting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-Dragon_Wall" title="Nine-Dragon Wall">Nine-Dragon Wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_jar" title="Dragon jar">Dragon jar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz_Memorial" title="Cádiz Memorial">Cádiz Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon_and_Tiger_Pagodas" title="Dragon and Tiger Pagodas">Dragon and Tiger Pagodas</a></li> <li><a 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distinction">distinction</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canting_arms" title="Canting arms">Canting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debased_heraldry" title="Debased heraldry">Debased</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_(heraldry)" title="Field (heraldry)">Field</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Division_of_the_field" title="Division of the field">divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variation_of_the_field" title="Variation of the field">variations</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_fraud" title="Heraldic fraud">Fraud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry#Marshalling" title="Heraldry">Marshalling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quartering_(heraldry)" title="Quartering (heraldry)">quartering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impalement_(heraldry)" title="Impalement (heraldry)">impalement</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Heraldic_traditions_by_country" title="Template:Heraldic traditions by country">National traditions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heraldry_societies" title="Heraldry societies">Societies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Achievement_(heraldry)" title="Achievement (heraldry)">Achievement</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">Crowns and coronets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crest_(heraldry)" title="Crest (heraldry)">Crest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compartment_(heraldry)" title="Compartment (heraldry)">Compartment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Escutcheon_(heraldry)" title="Escutcheon (heraldry)">Escutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmet_(heraldry)" title="Helmet (heraldry)">Helmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mantling" title="Mantling">Mantling</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mantle_and_pavilion_(heraldry)" title="Mantle and pavilion (heraldry)">pavilion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motto" title="Motto">Motto</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slogan_(heraldry)" title="Slogan (heraldry)">slogan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supporter" title="Supporter">Supporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torse" title="Torse">Torse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">Charges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attitude_(heraldry)" title="Attitude (heraldry)">Attitudes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erasure_(heraldry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Erasure (heraldry)">Erasure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fimbriation" title="Fimbriation">Fimbriation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_(heraldry)" title="Line (heraldry)">Lines</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ordinary_(heraldry)" title="Ordinary (heraldry)">Ordinaries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Annulet_(heraldry)" title="Annulet (heraldry)">Annulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_(heraldry)" title="Bar (heraldry)">Bar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bend_(heraldry)" title="Bend (heraldry)">Bend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordure" title="Bordure">Bordure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_(heraldry)" title="Canton (heraldry)">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chevron_(insignia)" title="Chevron (insignia)">Chevron</a> (<a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C4%99kawica_(ordinary)" title="Łękawica (ordinary)">Łękawica</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compon%C3%A9e" title="Componée">Componée</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosses_in_heraldry" title="Crosses in heraldry">Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crozier_head" title="Crozier head">Crozier head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_(heraldry)" title="Chief (heraldry)">Chief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fess" title="Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flaunch" title="Flaunch">Flaunch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goutte" title="Goutte">Goutte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyron" title="Gyron">Gyron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamade" title="Hamade">Hamade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inescutcheon" title="Inescutcheon">Inescutcheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Label_(heraldry)" title="Label (heraldry)">Label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lozenge_(heraldry)" title="Lozenge (heraldry)">Lozenge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orle_(heraldry)" title="Orle (heraldry)">Orle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pale_(heraldry)" title="Pale (heraldry)">Pale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pall_(heraldry)" title="Pall (heraldry)">Pall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pile_(heraldry)" title="Pile (heraldry)">Pile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundel_(heraldry)" title="Roundel (heraldry)">Roundel</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bezant" title="Bezant">Bezant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltire" title="Saltire">Saltire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Beasts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bear_in_heraldry" title="Bear in heraldry">Bear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boars_in_heraldry" title="Boars in heraldry">Boar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cattle#In_heraldry" title="Cattle">Bull/ox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hound_(heraldry)" title="Hound (heraldry)">Dog/hound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giraffe" title="Giraffe">Camelopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deer#Heraldic" title="Deer">Hind/stag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Kangaroo emblems and popular culture">Kangaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopard_(heraldry)" title="Leopard (heraldry)">Leopard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolves_in_heraldry" title="Wolves in heraldry">Wolf</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Birds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alerion" title="Alerion">Alerion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_swan_emblems_and_popular_culture" title="Black swan emblems and popular culture">Black swan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooster#Emblems" class="mw-redirect" title="Rooster">Cock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_(heraldry)" title="Crow (heraldry)">Crow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doves_as_symbols" title="Doves as symbols">Dove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)" title="Eagle (heraldry)">Eagle</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Szaszor" title="Szaszor">Szaszor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Przepaska" class="mw-redirect" title="Przepaska">Przepaska</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martlet" title="Martlet">Martlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelican#Heraldry" title="Pelican">Pelican</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bee_(heraldry)" title="Bee (heraldry)">Bee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crapaud#Heraldry" title="Crapaud">Crapaudy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolphin_(heraldry)" title="Dolphin (heraldry)">Dolphin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmet_(heraldry)" title="Emmet (heraldry)">Emmet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_(heraldry)" title="Ged (heraldry)">Ged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esox#Heraldry" title="Esox">Lucy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portcullis#Heraldry" title="Portcullis">Portcullis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bat_(heraldry)" title="Bat (heraldry)">Reremouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scallop#Badge" title="Scallop">Scallop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_symbolism#Flags_and_heraldry" title="Serpent symbolism">Serpent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolfsangel" title="Wolfsangel">Wolfsangel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">Legendary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allocamelus" title="Allocamelus">Allocamelus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alphyn" title="Alphyn">Alphyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphiptere" title="Amphiptere">Amphiptere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilisk" title="Basilisk">Basilisk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biscione" title="Biscione">Biscione</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chollima" class="mw-redirect" title="Chollima">Chollima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockatrice" title="Cockatrice">Cockatrice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">Dragon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enfield_(heraldry)" title="Enfield (heraldry)">Enfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffin" title="Griffin">Griffin/Keythong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpy" title="Harpy">Harpy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippocampus_(mythology)" title="Hippocampus (mythology)">Hippocampus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippogriff" title="Hippogriff">Hippogriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lampago" title="Lampago">Lampago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lindworm" title="Lindworm">Lindworm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manticore" title="Manticore">Manticore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mermaid" title="Mermaid">Mermaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musimon" title="Musimon">Musimon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_(mythical_creature)" title="Pantheon (mythical creature)">Pantheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panther_(legendary_creature)" title="Panther (legendary creature)">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pegasus" title="Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology)" title="Phoenix (mythology)">Phoenix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanders_in_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Salamanders in folklore">Salamander</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-griffin" title="Sea-griffin">Sea-griffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea-lion" title="Sea-lion">Sea-lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyger_(heraldry)" title="Tyger (heraldry)">Tyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_lion" title="Winged lion">Winged lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Woodwose</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature)" title="Yale (mythical creature)">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath#As_used_in_heraldry" title="Laurel wreath">Laurel wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak#Regional_and_state" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">Quatrefoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldry)" title="Rose (heraldry)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock#Symbol_of_Ireland" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trefoil" title="Trefoil">Trefoil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thistle#Heraldry" title="Thistle">Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnip#Heraldry" title="Turnip">Turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">Waterlily/Seeblatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_knot" title="Heraldic knot">Knots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourchier_knot" title="Bourchier knot">Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Cavendish/Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacre_knot" title="Dacre knot">Dacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_knot" title="Harrington knot">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hastings/Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_knot" title="Heneage knot">Heneage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckaert_knot" title="Hinckaert knot">Hinckaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hungerford knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_knot" title="Lacy knot">Lacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Ormonde/Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Tristram/Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Wake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Tinctures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">Rule of tincture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background: white; color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">Argent</a> (white)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background-color: white; background-image: radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0), radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0); background-size: 10px 10px; background-position: 0px 0px, 5px 5px;); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">Or</a> (gold)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Gules" title="Gules">Gules</a> (red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:black; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a> (black)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)">Azure</a> (blue)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">Vert</a> (green)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">Purpure</a> (purple)<sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)#Furs" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Furs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/7px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/11px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/14px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Pean</a></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/15px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/23px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/30px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vair" title="Vair">Vair</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vair#Potent" title="Vair">Potent</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8b004b; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Murrey" title="Murrey">Murrey</a> (mulberry)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:FireBrick; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sanguine_(heraldry)" title="Sanguine (heraldry)">Sanguine</a> (blood red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c67000; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tenn%C3%A9" title="Tenné">Tenné</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: 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