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…American bear…
Man’s interaction with his natural surroundings throughout his long history, and with the development of symbolic and cultural systems, man bestowed various characteristics on the animals that surrounded him, so that they became representative and expressive of him. With the crystallization of the shape of states and societies, I searched for symbols that would embody themselves through them, so that they would take official slogans from them, and would portray the state in the manner in which it wished to present itself.
Symbols serve purposes beyond just the outward image of the state, but are linked to the spirit of peoples, nations, and states
The most famous of these symbols is the Russian bear. It is a global symbol of the Eurasian brown bear. It has been adopted as an official emblem in Russia since the beginning of the tsarist era, in the middle of the sixteenth century, by Tsar “Ivan the Terrible”. The bear also entered Russian literature and folklore, from stories and folk tales, To proverbs, poems and novels.
The use of the bear as a symbol of Russia in its various phases (tsarism, then the Soviet Union, then federalism) has spread in the international press and media, and in the political context in particular, as is “Uncle Sam” for the United States, and it is usually used – by the West – in the context of describing policies hostile to Russia; Because of the characteristics of hostility and brutality associated with the bear animal.
The teddy bear is “from another entrance” in children and lovers. It is a symbol of love, freedom and innocence. So, teddy bears come back to remind us of the innocent and pure love that we need in today’s world. Getting a soft plush teddy bear brings a wide and lasting smile to any child or lover’s face.
In fact, the bear is a huge animal of little intelligence, and the legend tells that it became friends with man, and when he wanted to keep the flies away from him while he was asleep, he came with a large stone and threw it on his head, killing his friend and ending his existence. The legend says that the bear did not want to kill its owner, but it was destroyed by its stupidity, and the skeptics say, and those who told us that the bear’s brutality with which its conscience was imbued with it, is what overcame the feelings of the bear.
Friendship in an instant, so he killed his friend, meaning that the intention was not completely pure!!!
Who among the three namazj is Russia now??
As for the dragon, it appeared in many legends around the world, and stories about it varied, but the dragon as a mythical animal in some European and eastern cultures ended up being associated with China in the modern conscience.
The dragon has a spiritual significance in many religions and cultures around the world. Stories of dragons are found in many Asian cultures, and in some cultures they are considered to represent the fundamental forces of nature, religion, and the universe. It also associates him with wisdom, and it is often said that he is wiser than humans. They are commonly said to possess some form of magical or supernatural powers, and are often associated with rain and rivers. And in some cultures, dragons are able to speak like humans.
European culture had a place for the dragon, and myths talked about it and even described it, but mostly as a source of evil, not wisdom.
How do we see the Chinese dragon in the version of the end of the first quarter of the twenty-first century??
The eagle was considered in most cultures as the king of the sky, just as it is the lion in the animal kingdom, and in many myths it was considered to have a direct relationship with the world of the gods, as the Greeks linked it to the god Zeus, the Romans to the god Jupiter, and the Germans to the great gods “Odin”, and in Pharaonic Egypt it was considered A symbol of the god Horus, which differs from the falcon, which is smaller in size.
The United States took this eagle as its symbol despite the opposition of former US President Benjamin Franklin in 1784, who declared that he was frustrated with choosing the eagle as a symbol of the country instead of the turkey, as he sent a published message saying: The bald eagle has a bad temper, as it steals food from hawks instead of hunting. He himself is also a coward,” while describing the turkey as “a very respectable and brave Native American bird.”
As for the lion… the African-Asian animal has become a symbol for the English, although it is not found on the European continent, but the lion is the official emblem in the British Isles, in England, Scotland, and Wales, and this is due to its symbolism in the Judeo-Christian heritage, where The lion was the emblem of the Kingdom of Judah. In the Middle Ages, King Henry I was the first English king to adopt the lion as the emblem of his kingdom, after his coronation as King of England in 1100, at the beginning of the twelfth century. In a later period, Richard I became known as the “Lion Heart”. With the passage of time, the lion was adopted as a permanent emblem of the Queen, with an effort to link it to the English character, as a representative of strength, courage, and nobility, although it does not exist in their country to begin with.
I looked at the symbols and a dialogue took place in my mind about the fact that they represent countries at this stage in history, and I found that the United States, and the British lion might share it with little, wins an overwhelming victory over everyone, and deserves to have all the emblems for itself, so it is the bald eagle not as described by cultures as a symbol of freedom, but rather As described by President Franklin, the policy of governments made him lose what the ancients meant by the symbolism of supremacy, and what they intended by adding a formality to the olive branch as a symbol of peace, but they emphasized the symbolism of the presence of arrows that symbolize war waged by the most powerful country in the world against the rest of the world by itself, through mediation, or with payment. Others to it….. At the same time, the United States deserves to share the slogan of the Russian bear, as the legend described it, killing its friends under the pretext of protecting them, and to be the dragon, as described by European culture, different from the eastern culture, a mighty one that spits fire that crushes everyone and trades in weapons, your eyes. ..
The game today is very complicated between the American eagle, the Russian bear, and the Chinese dragon in controlling the capabilities of humanity, and the British lion is under the cloak of the American eagle, driving events as a fox, not a lion.
Roles change with changing conditions, interests reconcile, and the dragon and the bear join hands with the possibilities of direct global wars between adults that may start
