national-symbolism

Quinotaur · salience 0.9

“This divine or supernatural parentage served to legitimize the Merovingian claim to power, suggesting that their right to rule was ordained by forces beyond the mortal realm.”

Excalibur · salience 0.75

“Fuller medieval versions, notably Malory's, treat two well-known sword episodes as belonging to two different weapons rather than one: an earlier sword drawn from a stone or anvil in a churchyard, which proves Arthur's right to the throne and is later broken in combat, and a second sword given afterward by the Lady of the Lake, which is properly the one called Excalibur and which comes with a protective scabbard.”

Turul · salience 0.6

“It has been featured prominently in Hungarian heraldry, appearing on coats of arms, military insignia, and national monuments.”