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Cuckoo in Ukrainian songs is a symbol of a mother mourning her children. Crane is a symbol of sorrow for a native land. Swallow is a symbol of well-being, happiness, marriage consent, spring and nature rebirth. It is also a symbol of motherhood. [10] Nightingale is a symbol of love to song. Stork is a favorite bird of Ukrainians.
The shield was split five ways. At its center there was a smaller shield depicting a plough as a symbol of productive peaceful work surrounded by ancient state symbols of Ukraine: the princely arms of Vladimir the Great or Volodymyr the Great (tryzub), Litvin Pogon with a golden lion, cossack with musket, the crossbow of Kyiv and the lion of Lviv.
Type Symbol Image Notes Flag: Flag of Ukraine [1]: National Flag of Ukraine: Official Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Ukraine [2]: Emblem of Ukraine: Official. The lone emblem featured on it is the tryzub (meaning "trident"), a state sigil of the Kyivan Rus from the 10th century A.D., [3] believed to originally represent the Holy Trinity, possibly adapted from symbolism of a falcon.
In modern times it is used generally as a symbol of western Ukrainian lands, notably in Lviv and the surrounding region of Galicia. He was depicted with the emblems of Ukrainian military formations of the twentieth century – the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (1914–1918) and the 14th SS-Volunteer Division "Galicia" (1943–1945).
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Sometimes Ukrainian women simply drew parts of animals; these symbols were a sort of shorthand, endowed with all the attributes of the animal represented. Ducks' necks, goose feet, rabbits' ears, rams' horns, wolves' teeth, bear claws, and bulls' eyes can all be found on Ukrainian pysanky.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [32] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [33] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [34] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [34] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [34] Italy: Italian wolf ...
Mavka (Ukrainian: Мавка) also Nyavka [1] (Ukrainian: Нявка) is a type of female spirit in Ukrainian folklore and mythology. The Mavka is a long-haired figure, a Soul of the Forest, typically depicted as temptress figures who lure men to their deaths. [2] [3] [a]