Weird Coats of Arms From Around the World

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  • @SirioResteghini
    @SirioResteghini Před 5 lety +1303

    Nice video as usual. As an Italian, I'd like to say something about our coat of arms. After WW2 ended, the Italians held a referendum to choose between keeping the monarchy or switching to a Republic. By the way, this was the first time women could vote in Italy. The Republic won, and then in the very first article of the Constitution they wrote something that I think translates to "Italy is a democratic republic founded on labour. Sovereignty belongs to the people, who applies it by the rules written in the Constitution.", so the gear is a reference to the labour. The coat of arms seems a bit communist because while WW2 was ending and the allies had freed the south from fascism, the north was still controlled by Mussolini and there were many rebel groups who fought for liberty, who were called "partigiani" (I don't know how to translate it, I'm sorry). The heads of some of these groups were among the founders of the Republic. And the majority of these groups were definitely leftwing or communists. So, the coat of arms also kinda pays a tribute to those rebels who fought against fascism in the last years of WW2.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +154

      Sirio Resteghini That’s very helpful! Thanks so much for sharing!

    • @marc21091
      @marc21091 Před 5 lety +145

      'Partigiani' would be 'partisans' in English (originally a French word).

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +119

      @@marc21091 It's funny how in North America we use "partisan" to just mean "someone who cares too much about politics," whereas in Europe it seems it's often used to describe Communists. Do Europeans use the word in the American sense too?

    • @arslant1555
      @arslant1555 Před 5 lety +11

      @@JJMcCullough DYE YOUR HAIR BACK JJ😭😭. PLEASE IT WAS CUTE

    • @nicholasgarufi4414
      @nicholasgarufi4414 Před 5 lety +53

      the star though is not related to communism, it was an ancient symbol that represents italy as a whole, it can create confusion when the star is painted red, usually though the star is white with a red border.
      also the constitution of italy, and therefore all the repubblican symbols of italy were designed as a compromise between the three main parties that won the elections of 1946: the socialist party, the communist party, and the christian party (centre-right wing conservatives)

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony Před 5 lety +687

    3:17 Australia also has an emu on their's as a sign of their submission after the great emu war.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +178

      They know who calls the shots.

    • @dylanpotter1807
      @dylanpotter1807 Před 4 lety +11

      And that is a kudu on the Zimbabwean Crest, not a Springbok. This is a Springbok: images.app.goo.gl/nHcPRPnuX9P5kbKb7

    • @patryka.9215
      @patryka.9215 Před 4 lety +14

      A bit awkward putting your enemy on your coat of arms

    • @strider04
      @strider04 Před 3 lety +12

      @@patryka.9215 you mean overlord, right?

    • @patryka.9215
      @patryka.9215 Před 3 lety +4

      @@strider04 y e s

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 Před 5 lety +1005

    New Republics: "Let's reject the European model and make our own".
    United States: Uses Shield and Eagle anyway.

    • @TheAlexSchmidt
      @TheAlexSchmidt Před 5 lety +68

      Benjamin Franklin famously didn't like this, he wanted the seal to be a picture of Moses resisting the Pharaoh with the motto "Resistance to Tyrants is Obidience to God"

    • @cngiz7816
      @cngiz7816 Před 4 lety +13

      @Wuanslm turkey should use turkey

    • @cngiz7816
      @cngiz7816 Před 4 lety +2

      @@HakimiFury it would be cool and funny.

    • @Christopher_TG
      @Christopher_TG Před 3 lety +7

      Yeah, America's national emblem is still very much in the European heraldic tradition. The design within the seal is called the Coat of Arms of the United States.

    • @shetos1233
      @shetos1233 Před 3 lety +2

      @@TheAlexSchmidt
      Imagine having that crist beside the pyramid on the US dollar , it's not like you have to hate Egypt history in order to respect prohet Moses it would just be wierd side by side

  • @pav3359
    @pav3359 Před 5 lety +882

    "EU MEMBERSHIP BY 2087" Some say this motto dates from the beginning of Turkish civilization

    • @monkofdarktimes
      @monkofdarktimes Před 5 lety +22

      And the death of European Civilisation as either only the Turkish or European can exist at one time

    • @msaone
      @msaone Před 5 lety +39

      Cyprus will veto Turkey's accession to the EU due to the existence of Northern Cyprus #FACT

    • @Marcus51090
      @Marcus51090 Před 5 lety +10

      Pav33 i doubt very much the Eu will even exist in 2087

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath Před 5 lety +10

      @@Marcus51090 The EU will crumble by 2030. I'm calling it.

    • @Marcus51090
      @Marcus51090 Před 5 lety

      polifatts lol yeah if the U.K. is going down they will deliberately drag them down too lol I think the Eu forget how spiteful british people can be

  • @overthecounterbeanie
    @overthecounterbeanie Před 5 lety +820

    Nice future-proofing, showing Naruhito as the Emperor of Japan.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +237

      the other guy is only going to be emperor for what, two more weeks?

    • @overthecounterbeanie
      @overthecounterbeanie Před 5 lety +84

      @@JJMcCullough The new Emperor will start his reign from 1st May, and his enthronement ceremony will take place in September, I think.

    • @xXxBladeStormxXx
      @xXxBladeStormxXx Před 5 lety +47

      You misspelled Hokage.

    • @lazergurka-smerlin6561
      @lazergurka-smerlin6561 Před 5 lety +9

      Funnily I'm reading this comment 2 weeks into the future

    • @BiglerSakura
      @BiglerSakura Před 4 lety +12

      @@JJMcCullough By the way, the chrysanthemum is their family crest, one of the many noble family crests of Japan that usually have very simplistic monochrome design. From this standpoint, Japan is no different from any old European monarchy that use royal family coats-of-arms as national symbols.

  • @normazlinrajamohamad201
    @normazlinrajamohamad201 Před 4 lety +332

    Other countries just hang 2 Official Potrait of their leader at Government office.But in Malaysia they hang 6 Official Potrait.
    Those are:-
    1)HM The Yang Dipertuan Agong (King)
    2)HM The Raja Permaisuri Agong (Queen)
    3)The Sultan/Governor (of each state)
    4)The Sultanah/Governor wife
    5)The Prime Minister of Malaysia
    6)The Menteri Besar/Chief Minister (of each state)

    • @MZaki-th7pw
      @MZaki-th7pw Před 4 lety +6

      Dang

    • @syazwanmohd1314
      @syazwanmohd1314 Před 4 lety +7

      Kalau yang menteri besar tu aku baru tau sebenarnya😂

    • @pooja350
      @pooja350 Před 4 lety +11

      You have wayyy too much time on your hands 😂

    • @iskandar_06anthem52
      @iskandar_06anthem52 Před 4 lety +14

      Yep, that is the Protocol..you can found it on almost every buildings and stores...I just hang it in my room:)

    • @dandisinfographicchannel1346
      @dandisinfographicchannel1346 Před 4 lety +11

      Well i'll open printing business in malaysia then

  • @abdullandeejani5675
    @abdullandeejani5675 Před 5 lety +346

    Hey JJ, writing in from Saudi Arabia to thank you for the video. I just wanted to point out a small error regarding Arab coats of arms: in the Arab world the Bird is a secular symbol, Arabist symbol rather than a religious one. Hawks and eagles have a tradition of symbology dating back to the BC era when the Nabataeans adopted the eagle as the symbol of the deity Dhu Shara. Until today the stone eagle could be seen perched above Nabataean tombs in Jordan's Petra and Saudi Arabia's al-Hijr.
    In the medieval era Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) was thought to have carried a banner with an Eagle on it, and Salah ad-Din having been based in Cairo, the eagle became an Egyptian symbol over time. With the Free Officer's movement in the 1950s it was adopted by Jamal Abdul-Nasser, and in turn became a symbol of Republican pan-Arabism. See: Egypt, Libya (at some point), Yemen, South Yemen (interesting mix of republican, post-colonial, and communist symbolism), Palestine, Iraq, and Syria (at some point). A lot of why some of these countries use the symbol has to do with a series of brief unions between various states at various times.
    The other bird is the Falcon of Quraysh, a symbol not of the Prophet Muhammed himself but rather of his clan, the Quraysh. Ergo it has been adopted as a symbol of Arab tribes since and is more often used in more tribal regions, such as the UAE and in its principalities, Kuwait, Libya (on and off), and (because of Libya) Syria today.
    The Eagle and Hawk, along with the Horse, the Camel, and the Falcon, are all prized and treasured animals in Arab tradition, and are loved and valued until this day. They stand as symbols of Arab endurance and hardiness, and so have been adopted as symbols for Arabs across the Arab world throughout time.

    • @rahuldhargalkar
      @rahuldhargalkar Před 4 lety +9

      Thanks for the info! I learnt something today

    • @Edmonton-of2ec
      @Edmonton-of2ec Před 4 lety +14

      Legit the only national crest in the Middle East that looks slight European is the Jordanian one due to its *RELATIVELY* secular monarchy.

    • @jordanspencer7926
      @jordanspencer7926 Před 2 lety

      hes wrong about alot simply because hes a biased leftist canadian .

    • @fraelikkriil830
      @fraelikkriil830 Před 2 lety +2

      @@jordanspencer7926 lmao JJ is a conservative, pal. A fairly moderate one but still, he’s hardly left wing.

    • @juwebles4352
      @juwebles4352 Před 2 lety

      @@fraelikkriil830 Left and right wing are both useless terminology

  • @juanmaruli4977
    @juanmaruli4977 Před 5 lety +49

    Indonesia also use Garuda as its national emblem. The first few designs looked like the "actual" Garuda, but then they modified it a little bit here and there, and now it looks more like the Javan Hawk-Eagle, with no arms, but they still call it Garuda

    • @NorthernReaper
      @NorthernReaper Před 2 lety +1

      And I don’t know why india didn’t use that bird.

  • @dederdeder3609
    @dederdeder3609 Před 5 lety +153

    Another great video JJ! Some more info on India’s emblem. It’s also called the Lion Capital of Ashoka. It’s an ancient symbol representing Buddhism and the Mauryan Empire under the Emperor Ashoka. The Mauryans are the first state entity to have control of almost all of India so it’s like a precursor to the modern Indian state. The wheel you see on the Indian flag is the Ashoka Chakra which is also the same wheel on the emblem. It represents the wheel of dhamma (dharma) which is a Buddhist/Hindu concept but it roughly means the rule of law. Ashoka is famous for expanding his empire and conquering the kingdom of Kalinga where he massacred the people there. The story goes that he was so horrified of what he had done that he renounced war and became a Buddhist and helped spread Buddhism beyond India while being fair to his subjects. There is a lot of symbolism for India to use this symbol due to its history. For Thailand, there is a lot of Hindu/Buddhist influence throughout SE Asia so quite a number of countries there have picked up ideas and symbols from South Asia. Indonesia for some of their symbols also use a form of Garuda. Different cultures mixing I guess.

  • @jankansi5679
    @jankansi5679 Před 5 lety +45

    An interesting thing about the Japanese emblem. Japan is actually one of the few cultures outside of Europe to have independently developed its own heraldic system, i.e. hereditary symbols described by a blazon. In the Japanese system of 紋章学 (Monshou Gaku), a "mon" is the (often circular) symbol used to represent a family, individual, organisation or institution. Traditionally these would have been displayed on clothing, above buildings and on armour and flags in battle.
    Not surprisingly, this tradition has translated into the logos of many modern Japanese companies and organisations; the logo's of Japan's prefectures, while technically not mon, are heavily inspired by them, and the name of car company "Mitsubishi", for instance, is essentially the blazon of the mon that serves as its logo.

    • @danshakuimo
      @danshakuimo Před 2 lety +4

      Shimadzu the pharmaceutical company be like

  • @FullOfMalarky
    @FullOfMalarky Před 5 lety +408

    Erdogan: Gets mad at the video for saying Turkey is unoriginal
    JJ: Learn to design one with skill share
    Erdogan:🤔🤔🤔 signs up

  • @crusader7659
    @crusader7659 Před 5 lety +262

    JJ McCullough:*calls the U.A.E. Dubai
    Abu Dhabi: Am I a joke to you?

    • @abdullandeejani5675
      @abdullandeejani5675 Před 5 lety +8

      Dubai is an independent polity within the UAE with it's own flag, crest, and royal family.

    • @crusader7659
      @crusader7659 Před 5 lety +31

      @@abdullandeejani5675 Yeah, but it'd be like referring to the US as New York.

    • @abdullandeejani5675
      @abdullandeejani5675 Před 5 lety +8

      Crusader You're right. Doesn't change the fact the crest he brought up was specific to Dubai tho.

    • @crusader7659
      @crusader7659 Před 5 lety +2

      @@abdullandeejani5675 Fair enough

    • @hiddens2346
      @hiddens2346 Před 5 lety +18

      @@abdullandeejani5675 umm.. no. That is the national Emblem of the UAE as a whole, seen on the passport too.
      Moreover the falcon is a cultural thing, with no religious affiliation as he claimed.

  • @isaacgutierrez876
    @isaacgutierrez876 Před 5 lety +172

    Right when I got the notification of your new video we passed by a street named McCullough in San Antonio texas

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +52

      I planned that.

    • @Texasknight1
      @Texasknight1 Před 5 lety +4

      That's right by downtown.
      And JJ you have been to San Antonio?

    • @profoundgenius9726
      @profoundgenius9726 Před 5 lety +1

      San Antonio is the only place where I’ve lived where nobody is actually from San Antonio. Either from other parts of Texas or out of state

    • @shanewshal
      @shanewshal Před 4 lety +1

      Bruh

  • @PDS21st
    @PDS21st Před 5 lety +321

    JJ: "...family crest...national crest..."
    Heraldists: **triggered**

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +48

      I have not yet BEGUN to trig!

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Před 5 lety +14

      It's painful, isn't it?

    • @tcroft2165
      @tcroft2165 Před 5 lety +8

      I did wonder when I heard 'crest' if I could watch any further or I'd just get too irritated!

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak Před 3 lety +8

      to get over with: crest is the part above the helm, not the _escuteon_ aka shield. :D

    • @brunobisio2406
      @brunobisio2406 Před 3 lety +2

      I got triggered by the Argentina bit. It's not a republican seal but a female achivement following Spanish tradition (In Spain married noblewomen use an oval shield for their arms). Some southamerican countries do this to represent the concept of republic. In Spanish "republic" is a female word (república), unlike "kingdom" (reino) or "empire" (iImperio). My country, Uruguay, also does this and also changes the traditional animal supporters for olive and laurel branches and the european helm for a sun based on the Inca sun god that represents the revolution for some reason I don't really get (since there were never Incas in here and our fist president was a sadistic d**k that had all our native population killed)

  • @qconinp9124
    @qconinp9124 Před 5 lety +46

    Thailand is not pure Buddhism, though, especially when we talk about monarchy. Our tradition had long associated with Brahma-Hindu religion. Brahmas, the Hindu priests, and Mantras, Hindu Spells, still practicing in royal ceremony (Dual with Buddhism). This make our monarchy had many essence link to Hindu religion (But still has some distinguish from Hinduism in present India).
    Mainly cult of Brahma-Hinduism in Thai's monarch is Vaishnavism which links Thai's King to Vishnu and that made Garuda become our coat of arm, for where the Garuda appears is mean Vishnu also there, and the presence of Vishnu is the presence of the king.

    • @erb72
      @erb72 Před 5 lety

      but im thai and there is a buddhaa in my house

    • @qconinp9124
      @qconinp9124 Před 5 lety +1

      @@erb72 . Yes, of course. Buddha image in house, little shrine (Phra Bhumi) in front of the house, warding with Chinese eight-side mirror amulet over the top of front door, decorated house with Hindu gods' pictures and worship Naga when had free time. Sound very PURE Buddhism for Thai people .

    • @vishno27
      @vishno27 Před 4 lety

      Love from India 🇮🇳
      Btw my name is Vishnu....

    • @moldveien1515
      @moldveien1515 Před 3 lety

      Pretty common in Asia in general to not be mono religious. Nothing about buddhism claims that other dieties doesnt exist. Not to mention that buddhism in itself doesnt agree chinese and indian forms of buddhism are vastly diffrent for example.

    • @bristymishra5508
      @bristymishra5508 Před 3 lety

      Brahma Is God Not Priest,Brahmin Pandits Are Priests.

  • @mrorange9177
    @mrorange9177 Před 5 lety +147

    9:02 Turkey joining the EU in 2087? Hmm...??? That's probably the same time the UK finally leaves the EU.

  • @joseluisnietoenriquez6122
    @joseluisnietoenriquez6122 Před 3 lety +49

    Mexico's crest (0:18) is based on the legend of the founding of Tenochtitlan, which is at the heart of today's Mexico City. The eagle doesn't come from the european or the middle east tradition. During the two brief and failed mexican empires, the crest was much more european style, with a crown and a shield, but keeping always the leyend in the center. However, for the most part, it has always been close to a cirlce, and has always displayed only the elements of the leyend: a golden eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. Greetings from Mexico City

    • @pottertheavenger1363
      @pottertheavenger1363 Před rokem +1

      Wished he would have mentioned Mexican states and cities kept the Spanish heraldry because criollos still wanted to honor that past.

  • @principetnomusic
    @principetnomusic Před 5 lety +177

    By the way, just so you wouldn't confuse the terminology later:
    1) The most proper and generic term for these symbols is _national emblem_ - it is not associated with any specific design style and can therefore be used both for the more traditional emblems (e.g. coat of arms of Canada) and the more modern-looking ones (e.g. emblem of Italy).
    2) The term _coat of arms_ only applies to Western-style national emblems which utilise shields with images of them (e.g. Canada, Britain, Germany). Even for the American national emblem, the term "coat of arms" is often not used, as while it does have a shield, it is fairly small and not an important part of the emblem as a whole. It can be used in reference to non-Western national emblems by analogy, but that's not the most correct term.
    3) While the term _crest_ is sometimes used as a synonym for "coat of arms", technically it only refers to its uppermost part (for example, for Canada, it's the lion holding a maple leaf). Not even all coats of arms have crests, so using this word to refer to national emblem is very inappropriate.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Před 5 lety +19

      And "family crest" is doubly wrong, as coats of arms are not, in most heraldic traditions, assigned to families, but rather to individuals.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety +22

      Imperios I’m a descriptivist not a prescriptivist when it comes to the English language.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Před 5 lety +31

      @@JJMcCullough So am I, but it's worth respecting technical usages in their domains, I think.
      If I was talking physics, I'd use the words "energy" and "theory" with their standard definitions in the field, not their general definitions. I think this makes sense.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG Před 5 lety +12

      Similarly, just as "measure" is a term of art in music, so "crest" is in heraldry.

    • @rivenoak
      @rivenoak Před 3 lety +2

      @@qwertyTRiG it may start with individuals, but usually evolves into family tradition. otherwise every son of a son would have to adopt another arms :)

  • @marky.mark.g
    @marky.mark.g Před 5 lety +54

    2:05 I'm both impressed with the artistry and terrified of the image.

  • @the8thgemmer467
    @the8thgemmer467 Před 5 lety +29

    The “European-style” crests (technically just called arms) actually have quite a bit of stuff one can learn about them. For one-they actually belong to a category called heraldry. There are many books on it for anyone interested

  • @nakiinami
    @nakiinami Před 5 lety +191

    Clicked the video only because the thumbnail has the Malaysian coat of arms
    Am proud to be Malaysian

    • @enchesoyaregaliaatriadelig5951
      @enchesoyaregaliaatriadelig5951 Před 5 lety +7

      Me too ;)

    • @ok-op8lg
      @ok-op8lg Před 5 lety +4

      True patriotism is recognising ur countrys coat of arms
      nah jk i dont even know my countrys coat of arms.

    • @petergriffinhentai4724
      @petergriffinhentai4724 Před 4 lety +22

      Greetings fellow nasi lemak tambah roti telur bawang tisu bom kurang manis tambah lemak.

    • @currypenguin
      @currypenguin Před 4 lety +6

      Same. Though i'm kinda triggered that he thinks our coat of arms is "weird" XD

    • @AshuaBBX
      @AshuaBBX Před 4 lety +1

      True

  • @otherguyhd
    @otherguyhd Před 5 lety +85

    I believe the antelope on Zimbabwe’s coat of arms are Kudu not springbok

    • @gdroce8569
      @gdroce8569 Před 5 lety +2

      Yup Kudu not springbok

    • @greigey5603
      @greigey5603 Před 5 lety

      Indeed

    • @riograndedosulball248
      @riograndedosulball248 Před 5 lety +2

      Rhodesia had them too, i think they were better drawn in the antique emblem

    • @randomname5585
      @randomname5585 Před 4 lety

      fun fact, "Kudu" is a large Saudi Arabian fast food chain with over 316 locations in saudi arabia as well in bahrain too :)

    • @fahoodie1852
      @fahoodie1852 Před 4 lety

      OtherGuyHD
      You’re right

  • @TheMrpeejoe
    @TheMrpeejoe Před 3 lety +11

    4:40 Actually the bald eagle is holding a olive branch with 13 leaves, and 13 olives and a bund of arrows, with at least 13 arrows in the stick. So a olive branch and a group of arrows (Least he already said it in the video). The olive branch represents the US peace (probably from Britain because the coat of arm originally was created after the US Revolution War), and the bund of arrows represent America's preparation to defend liberty at war.
    LIKE SO JJ CAN SEE THIS

    • @tescomealdeals4613
      @tescomealdeals4613 Před 11 měsíci

      You forgot to mention that the eagle’s face is always towards the olive branch which is supposed to mean that they wish to seek peace before war.

  • @aussiegrandpa4999
    @aussiegrandpa4999 Před 4 lety +16

    "The Australian crest has a kangaroo"
    Emu: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @Sombre_gd
    @Sombre_gd Před 2 lety +47

    Fun fact: In Poland, since we use white Eagle, and our "dear neighbors" from past and present, like Germany, Austria and Russia use black Eagles as their national emblems, we call their emblems "crows", and crows are considered filthy carrion eaters ;-) When I was a kid I was confident Germany has a real crow as their coat of arms, because none of the adults called it "black eagle".

    • @Omega7221
      @Omega7221 Před 2 lety +13

      Fun fact: In other countries white eagle of Poland called - White chicken.

  • @robbiebalboa
    @robbiebalboa Před 5 lety +11

    Australia’s coat of Arms used the Kangaroo and Emu because they can’t move backwards, they can only go forward, symbolising progression and moving forward.

  • @DaRealRessonance
    @DaRealRessonance Před 5 lety +164

    Why I saw Bhutan's crest it legit gave me a heart attack, its the asian version of a kaleidoscope

    • @boaoftheboaians
      @boaoftheboaians Před 5 lety +9

      Tadodaho But I find it beautiful xD
      That’s what makes it beautiful :)

    • @rahuldhargalkar
      @rahuldhargalkar Před 4 lety +1

      But it's so pretty!

    • @_Killkor
      @_Killkor Před 4 lety +4

      Crest designer: So, what sort of crest do you want?
      Bhutan: yes
      Crest designer: ok... aaand, what color-
      Bhutan: *yes*

    • @nafismubashir2479
      @nafismubashir2479 Před 4 lety +1

      Tadodaho well it is called the dragon/thunder kingdom

    • @chrismorris6865
      @chrismorris6865 Před 4 lety

      I like it, personally

  • @hessanscounty3592
    @hessanscounty3592 Před 5 lety +7

    I just wanted to point out that while the Chrysanthemum Imperial Seal is used for Japan, the Government uses variations on the flowering Paulownia plant. South Korea also uses variations on a Rose of Sharon for the different branches of the government with the stylized Taeguk representing the Ministries.

  • @robj3126
    @robj3126 Před 5 lety +53

    My favourite CZcamsr talking about my favourite subject

  • @jacksonthesyndicalist2771
    @jacksonthesyndicalist2771 Před 5 lety +35

    3:55 ah yes the country of Dubai... I think it was a joke

  • @MrBen101199
    @MrBen101199 Před 4 lety +29

    Indonesia also has Garuda in their national Crest. Love the design.
    I'm Malaysian btw ✌️

    • @quirinus.
      @quirinus. Před 4 lety +6

      Thanks man, love ur national crest too
      From Indonesia

  • @ahmad_m1538
    @ahmad_m1538 Před 5 lety +27

    i was shook seeing the Malaysian Coat of Arms in the thumbnail

  • @waynejohnson1786
    @waynejohnson1786 Před 4 lety +10

    I’ve always associated the Star and Crescent with Turkey, probably because they rely on it as a national symbol more than other countries that use it in their flags like Pakistan or Tunisia.

  • @justblueboy2939
    @justblueboy2939 Před 5 lety +11

    As for Garuda things,
    Some Buddhist sect adopt some hindu icons in theirs teaching, hence the garuda.
    The Buddha humself used to trained in Hinduism.

  • @JoepvanE
    @JoepvanE Před 2 lety +7

    As a Dutch I would like to tell you something about the Dutch Coat of Arms. For example, did you know that the Dutch coat of arms consists of three layers? 1. The cloth with the crown, which stands for the royal family. 2. The shield with the lions and the motto, which stands for the government. 3. Only the shield, which represents the citizens. Did you know, for example, that the blocks on the shield stand for that it is difficult to reach things and the arrows (in my opinion) for the independence of the Spaniards (it was made in the revolt against the Spaniards by William of Orange) . And that the motto under the shield stands "Je Maintiendrai" for I will maintain.

  • @raphaelcarvalhobezerra6913

    Hey, JJ, Buddhist here. The Garuda in Buddhism are one of the Eight Legions, protectors of the Buddhist Law and servants of the Buddha in Mahayana Scriptures, tho Thailand is from Hinayana tradition, and one of the concepts is that before the to-be Buddha reincarnated as Prince Siddharta he was the God Vishnu, whom his loyal friend was a Garuda, and when he reincarnated as Siddharta he became the Buddha, and the Garuda recognized him and served him to his death and is said to embody the buddhist praxis in Hinayana traditions.

  • @no1reallycaresabout2
    @no1reallycaresabout2 Před 5 lety +38

    7:04 Hinduism was once widespread throughout Southeast Asia

  • @iyoungblood2109
    @iyoungblood2109 Před 5 lety +38

    Lol, your crest for Turkey is glorious!

  • @steffplaysmapping1104
    @steffplaysmapping1104 Před 5 lety +6

    Norways coat of arm is really interesting when ones look into it. It might just look like another shield with lion, but the silver axe in it signals that the king that uses the coat of arm is an heir to St. Olaf.

    • @torsmork
      @torsmork Před 5 lety

      Ehm...no, the St. Olavs axe doesn't represent being 'an heir to St. Olav'. That's just false and really doesn't make any sense.
      This video has so much wrong with it(simple verifiable errors), that it is basically useless if you are looking for the truth. You'd be better off watching any other coat of arms video online. The fact that he wrongly calls coat of arms 'crests' in a video on coat of arms, should show you that he didn't do the proper research and/or don't really care enough to tell the truth and he is spewing falsehoods left and right.

  • @Yoxidelf
    @Yoxidelf Před 5 lety +11

    Lol, as soon as I saw the title, I thought “he’s gonna take the piss out of Turkey”

  • @1607Adi_Manz
    @1607Adi_Manz Před 4 lety +36

    I see malaysia coat of arm, i click *watch*

    • @madkhaliqfarhan
      @madkhaliqfarhan Před 3 lety

      It's best to play "Negaraku" while seeing our country Malaysia's coat of arms!

  • @bri2930
    @bri2930 Před 5 lety +10

    This the perhaps the only channel that covers such unique topics that no one gives a damn today in such an informative manner! Thanks J.J keep up the good work👍

  • @genericmace2271
    @genericmace2271 Před 5 lety +6

    Bhutan is a nation I have always deeply admired, but their national crest just brings it to a whole new level.

    • @NorthernReaper
      @NorthernReaper Před 2 lety

      They could have use just a dragon in their coat of arms.

    • @BrownCrewmate1
      @BrownCrewmate1 Před 5 měsíci

      @@NorthernReaperI think you are blind , they did

  • @EmilAragundi
    @EmilAragundi Před 5 lety +12

    There's a recent trend for countries to have an official logo made by their tourism board. My country (Ecuador) has a really hideous one that may or may not have been plagiarized but Peru on the other hand has a really cool one.

  • @2tri749
    @2tri749 Před 5 lety +26

    “Countries like Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Dubai”
    wow

    • @VV_PaVria
      @VV_PaVria Před 5 lety +7

      In his defense, he correctly labeled the displayed emblem as that of the UAE.

  • @FujiAppul
    @FujiAppul Před 5 lety +10

    I find the animals surrounding/holding the crests (if there are any) very interesting, because I love finding more about national animals of countries and the like. Just wanted to point that out. Also, amazing video, JJ. :)

  • @the_notorious_puppet
    @the_notorious_puppet Před 4 lety +6

    Fun fact: The malaysian coat of arm has 2 coat of arms in them, the coat of arm of Sabah state and coat of arm of Sarawak state.

  • @daimhaus
    @daimhaus Před 4 lety +10

    Fun fact: Germany has the oldest coat of arms in Europe and one of the oldest in the world.

    • @starman1144
      @starman1144 Před 4 lety

      Really? But Germany was created in 1871. And they changed it a lot of times.

    • @daimhaus
      @daimhaus Před 3 lety +2

      @@starman1144 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Germany
      Before Germany was founded as a nation, the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations existed and had the same coat of arms, which was sometimes modified, but in principle it was the same.

    • @aldo_agazzi
      @aldo_agazzi Před 3 lety

      @DAIMHAUS not true, as it looks today it was implemented after those crazy 1940s years they had, and the symbol itself might be ancient but where do you come up with "the oldest in the world"? (yeah odin is related to an eagle but not that specific image, and even so there are more ancient even en europe)
      the Mexican crest comes from ancient aztec mythology even before they reached modern day mexico city, the vatican city one comes from the bible itself, the Israeli one comes from the Torah, supposedly from Moses times....

    • @Ch-xk5tv
      @Ch-xk5tv Před 2 lety +1

      It's also the Austrian coat of arms that derives from the one of the "Holy Roman Empire of German Nations", so Austria also would have the oldest coat of arms in Europe

    • @daimhaus
      @daimhaus Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@aldo_agazzi “ 'One' of the oldest“ The current design is from 1926.
      - Btw the Aztec culture existed mostly during the 14th and 16th century.-

  • @Edmonton-of2ec
    @Edmonton-of2ec Před 4 lety +21

    JJ: Doesn't understand religion and monarchy
    Also JJ: Lives in monarchy

  • @kapatidtomas
    @kapatidtomas Před 5 lety +8

    JJ: *_*Makes Coat of Arms_**
    ..
    Heraldists: **facepalms..**

  • @EnderDeveloper
    @EnderDeveloper Před 2 lety +3

    2:49 Ah yes, my favorite country, Holland

  • @MrNinGame
    @MrNinGame Před 5 lety +6

    Just a thing about the French seal shown in the video: it was used at the time of the Second Republic (1848-1852), and is now the Great Seal of the State used only for the Constitution, but not as the national crest. The notion of a national coat of arms was actually removed from French law at the end of the 19th century, but it is assumed nowadays that the "armoiries" of the Republic fit into this role, because it is displayed on French passports and on the Élysée website (the French Presidential Palace) upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Armoiries_république_française.svg/280px-Armoiries_république_française.svg.png

  • @civishamburgum1234
    @civishamburgum1234 Před 5 lety +5

    When talking about Code of arms, it ist important to note, that most countrys who have one, have a small and a large one.

  • @marc21091
    @marc21091 Před 5 lety +8

    Good move by JJ as commented below, to show the picture of the new Japanese Emperor Naruhito, who becomes Emperor on 1 May, after his father Akihito formally abdicates on 30 April. See 6:20 . PerhapsJJ can do something on this event when the change takes place. One interesting aspect is that a new 'era' begins on the change of Emperor. The new era is called 'Reiwa' and commences on 1 May 2019. Naruhito is not formally crowned (not the right word) until October, apparenrly.

  • @Edmonton-of2ec
    @Edmonton-of2ec Před 4 lety +4

    2:43 Old crest used in Romania when it was still a monarchy. Although the Parliament passed a law changing the crest to put a crown in it so only time will tell....

  • @schloky1281
    @schloky1281 Před 5 lety +41

    nope, no news of any coat of arms here.
    source: am turkish

    • @Pintszch
      @Pintszch Před 4 lety +4

      there was an proposal for the coat of arms in 1930's but never used
      www.wikizeroo.org/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly90ci53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvRG9zeWE6SW5zaWduZV9UdXJjaWFlLnN2Zw

  • @riodvipayana3480
    @riodvipayana3480 Před 4 lety +13

    6:56 Indonesia also use “Garuda” as coat of arms eventho Indonesia is a muslim majority country

  • @rolloxra670
    @rolloxra670 Před 3 lety +5

    I really like the Thai coat of arms it’s so epic

  • @flaviospadavecchia5126
    @flaviospadavecchia5126 Před 5 lety +38

    Don't know where you found it, but the Italian National Crest has a white star, not red.

    • @flaviospadavecchia5126
      @flaviospadavecchia5126 Před 5 lety +2

      @@Ratchet4647 It's weird, because when I looked for it, the white one is all I could find. Maybe the red was the first one created that has since changed?

    • @ONLYPCGAMINGTV
      @ONLYPCGAMINGTV Před 4 lety +1

      la stella può essere rappresentata anche rossa, guarda la tua tessera sanitaria

  • @Vladimir_4757
    @Vladimir_4757 Před 4 lety +2

    5:27
    Fun fact, that was also the hat badge for Gorbachev's escorts or something like that. They're fucking huge. Like...really fucking big.

  • @yigitoflaz4730
    @yigitoflaz4730 Před 5 lety +14

    Turkish guy here. We haven't had a coat of arms since the Ottoman times, and we aren't going to have one in the foreseeable future, because no one would be happy with what get chosen to be put on the coat of arms.
    And hell, when I think about it, I don't think we need one, really.
    Edit: At 5:46, the coat of arms is Karakalpakstan's, not Uzbekistan's. Although I can see the confusion, because they're so similar.

    • @starman1144
      @starman1144 Před 4 lety

      Just put the Crescent moon in a red shield with to Gray wolfs (national animal of Turkey) holding it up.
      Like this: images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/f65b51a0-6706-4dc6-86f7-165eb452c39f/d8a5dv6-5bd4c9bb-dca4-4cf6-bfc6-f9a26b3fb69b.png/v1/fill/w_1035,h_772,strp/turkey_coat_of_arms_by_soaringaven_d8a5dv6-pre.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOiIsImlzcyI6InVybjphcHA6Iiwib2JqIjpbW3siaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD0yNzA1IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvZjY1YjUxYTAtNjcwNi00ZGM2LTg2ZjctMTY1ZWI0NTJjMzlmXC9kOGE1ZHY2LTViZDRjOWJiLWRjYTQtNGNmNi1iZmM2LWY5YTI2YjNmYjY5Yi5wbmciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MzYyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.u9PFjM_nopvodKCDeyGzDwJyrm9C9j96Ge2gyVxS2Tk.
      In Greece we have a blue shield with a cross and two olive branches around it. In the junta area we had a cool Phoenix coat of arms which was a symbol of the Greek war of independence but when the junta fell they replaced it with the boring shield we have today.
      Greek Junta coat of arms: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Greek_Phoenix.svg/1200px-Greek_Phoenix.svg.png

    • @johnbuick5494
      @johnbuick5494 Před 3 lety

      @@starman1144 nice one actually

  • @RichterBelmont02
    @RichterBelmont02 Před 4 lety +8

    THE JAPAN UTILIZE TWO LOGOS:
    THE CHRYSANTHEMUM WHICH IS THE IMPERIAL SEAL AND THE PAULOWNIA WHICH IS THE GOVERNMENT SEAL.

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před 3 lety +1

      Here is the Paulownia, to learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Seal_of_Japan

  • @tobeytransport2802
    @tobeytransport2802 Před 3 lety +2

    1:57 except those middle two on the top row who are both presidents, of the French Republic and Swiss confederation

  • @notoriouswhitemoth
    @notoriouswhitemoth Před 2 lety +2

    Technically, the decoration on top (usually a crown, helmet, or animal) is the crest. Heraldry is complicated.
    That said, heraldry and vexillology are very closely related.

  • @xrisingwolfx8466
    @xrisingwolfx8466 Před 4 lety +4

    Put the national flag on my crest and my crest on my flag thus creating an infinite loop

  • @shahranhussain6037
    @shahranhussain6037 Před 3 lety +8

    Turkey is already in clash with EU due to the eastern Mediterranean, looks like 2087 is going to be a bit early :3
    Also, this needs a second episode with the obscure coat of arms!

  • @PurpleAmharicCoffee
    @PurpleAmharicCoffee Před 3 lety +2

    I used to doodle pentagrams like Ethiopia's crest in my early teens, before I even started learning any languages. Morocco also has the one on their flag, but that's not linguistically convenient.

  • @NullConflict
    @NullConflict Před 2 lety +2

    5:40
    J.J.: "Uzbekistan today"
    Emblem: "Қарақалпақстан"
    Me: Huh, that's a strange way to spell "Oʻzbekiston"
    Yes, I know it's the emblem for Karakalpakstan in the north-west. Uzbekistan emblem has 2 rivers and blue mountains on both sides. Both of the Uzbeks in the audience will be annoyed about that mistake.

  • @arcofspira
    @arcofspira Před 5 lety +9

    Cool video as usual JJ! Crests can be pretty funny things. I guess thee best purpose of most crests these days is just to poke fun at them and make videos pointing out all the foibles about them.

    • @JJMcCullough
      @JJMcCullough  Před 5 lety

      That's really the purpose of almost any artistic expression in the internet age.

  • @peterlenko3355
    @peterlenko3355 Před 5 lety +19

    Geez, I never realized the communist undertones of the Rotary Club.

  • @Yuushz80
    @Yuushz80 Před 2 lety +5

    I loved the video. I wish you had shown Brazil's coat of arms as well, as it's kind of beautiful

  • @northchurch753
    @northchurch753 Před 5 lety +2

    My family has a coat of arms and I had it looked at by a professor in heraldry who is based in Stockholm since that side of the family came from the Kingdom of Sweden and Finland.
    He had never seen it before but it's similar to the crest of the Taube noble family from the Baltic countries (probably Estonian), but the helmet indicates non nobility in Sweden but is of an unusually Russian design.

  • @k-pop-corn3802
    @k-pop-corn3802 Před 5 lety +6

    It’s amazing to watch your videos ... you are such a knowledgeable person. Love your videos.

    • @quintiniusverginix7827
      @quintiniusverginix7827 Před 5 lety +2

      His understanding of this topic is surface-level at best. You'd get better info from a wikipedia article, and as an extra bonus you wouldn't have to look at his dumb haircut.

  • @axrpad1228
    @axrpad1228 Před 5 lety +3

    I been waiting a week for your awesome videos!
    👍🏻

  • @raphaelbossniak4794
    @raphaelbossniak4794 Před 5 lety +1

    I know that Rojava isn't recognised as a offical country at the moment but check out their crest, it's pretty wild and full of text.

  • @flouin12
    @flouin12 Před 5 lety +28

    I loved this video, but as a long-time heraldry enthusiast it drives me crazy when people say ''crest'' in the wrong way. None of these examples are specifically crests, but they are (as you also say) seals or coats of arms (or just ''emblems'' as a catch-all term). A crest is simply a component of a coat of arms (the bit that appears above a shield).

    • @SirioResteghini
      @SirioResteghini Před 5 lety +2

      Oh, I accidentally found someone who explained all that terms to me! Thank you!

    • @justinbeath5169
      @justinbeath5169 Před 5 lety

      The term has evolved to mean an emblem of a place. Words change all the time, its a nonissue

    • @flouin12
      @flouin12 Před 5 lety +5

      @@justinbeath5169 But that's like telling a doctor they should use the word 'ass' instead of 'gluteus maximus'. Technical terms exist for a reason.

    • @justinbeath5169
      @justinbeath5169 Před 5 lety

      @@flouin12 if gluteus maximus fell out on favor and ass replaced it then a doctor would be expected to use that term. Crest now refers to an emblem so it is not out of the ordinary to call it that

    • @flouin12
      @flouin12 Před 5 lety +5

      @@justinbeath5169 Gluteus maximus won't fall out of favour; it's a technical term that will be learned by each new medical student. A better example for my point is if a doctor used 'ass' to refer to all parts of that area: the gluteus maximus, the rectum, the colon, the anus. It would simplify an area that requires separate terms. This is much like how 'crest' is used by some to refer to the whole coat of arms, even though there are separate components of a coat of arms.

  • @hamad-pz3rp
    @hamad-pz3rp Před 5 lety +7

    "and dubai"
    FFS ITS THE EMIRATES

  • @rasapplepipe
    @rasapplepipe Před 5 lety +2

    I'm from Colombia where our national crest has the isthmus of Panamá land Colombia has not ruled since 1901. It also says libertad y orden (liberty & order) 2 things that don't exist in Colombia.

  • @jayscavellajr1174
    @jayscavellajr1174 Před 5 lety +2

    The Coat of Arm at 3:13 is from The Bahamas 🇧🇸 for those wondering.

  • @withamarshview1436
    @withamarshview1436 Před 3 lety +2

    You always make me chuckle. Smart & funny commentary plus those graphics & sound effects equals videos I love watching.

  • @ludicrus32
    @ludicrus32 Před 5 lety +3

    One of my favorite fun facts is that the city coat of arms for Washington, DC, is actually the feudal coat of arms of the Washington family, as in George Washington. I always thought that was a neat little nod to European heritage.

  • @The_Triplets2551
    @The_Triplets2551 Před 4 lety +4

    6:56 I like my birth country coats of arms

  • @NorthSea_1981
    @NorthSea_1981 Před 5 lety +2

    The Thai Garuda is actually pretty awesome-looking!
    And that Turkish crest at 9:02 ...LOL!!!

  • @pokemami
    @pokemami Před 2 lety +2

    Family name crests are super interesting too. When i had do culture reports my teachers would never let me present about Nintendo, college, and quick filling healthy low cost meals (typical two parent working class American things) and would force me to write and research my Scottish heritage (my family left Scotland in the 1700's so this to me was always stupid we eat enchiladas weekly and haggis at the highland games food truck once a year). I would present my family crest, tartan and what not. I became a "crestpert" as a result and know all about which way the knight and/or animal faces meaning and various other interesting unimportant crest facts. LOL

  • @eshanbanerjee243
    @eshanbanerjee243 Před 5 lety +7

    4:07 WRONG FRENCH FLAAAAAAGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

    • @SoooooWhatt
      @SoooooWhatt Před 4 lety +1

      Actually, I think it is kind of fine, as the red-white-blue pattern was used on the French flag from 1791 until 1794, and after that, the red and blue were switched around to their present-day positions. In that space when the red was on the left and the blue on the right, the First French Republic was proclaimed in 1792, severing France's ties to monarchism (for the time being). So, in a way, it is the right French flag... sort of.

  • @Atillatzke
    @Atillatzke Před 4 lety +3

    Oh ma gawd when i saw your turkish national crest i lost it 😂 i am turkish by the way. I think it was very creative. Ataturks head, the fez, a tulip and the brass cup we make tjrkish coffee with. And of course the 2 kabap sticks right and left.

  • @TheHollowBodiesBand
    @TheHollowBodiesBand Před 2 lety +1

    I read somewhere that Mexico's national shield (escudo nacional) is the one with the most nature imagery. There's the golden eagle, the rattlesnake, the prickly pears, the branches of olive and oak, a lake and an island.

  • @veeraeka4296
    @veeraeka4296 Před 5 lety +2

    Thailand had a European-style Coast of Arms too by Rama V. Also, the Thai monarch is regarded as a reincarnation of Vishnu by ancient ideas. That’s why their regnal names are always Rama + #. (Rama is the name of one of the reincarnations of Lord Vishnu). The Garuda symbol is used with almost everything associated with the king because Garuda is a devotee of Vishnu. The coronation of the new king is gonna be held on 4-6 Apr 2019 so you can watch the ceremony on CZcams. You’ll see lots of mixtures of Buddhism+Hinduism there. Fun fact : the king must be a Buddhist according to the constitution.

  • @daisylazy5326
    @daisylazy5326 Před 4 lety +3

    We all need to have national dances, that would be awesome. It’d be great to see what people came up with

    • @MattMcIrvin
      @MattMcIrvin Před 2 lety +1

      I hail from the land of 1,000 dances! Gotta know how to pony like Boney Maronie!

  • @GuilhermeBF
    @GuilhermeBF Před 5 lety +3

    I love the coat of arms of Brazil. Including the old ones

  • @jonathanwebster7091
    @jonathanwebster7091 Před 3 lety +1

    Also...the animals (or other thing) you often see on either side of the shield are called 'supporters' and date back to when coats of arms-which back then were shield and helmet only- were used on seals (they still are) and the artists often came up with something to fill the empty space between the shield and the rim of the seal.

  • @minerdalta
    @minerdalta Před 5 lety +2

    Indonesia's crest is also a Garuda. My heart breaks a little when it is not mentioned alongside Thailand.

  • @erzsblasfantaven3334
    @erzsblasfantaven3334 Před 5 lety +3

    my favourite 'weird coats of arms' are the ones used by italian goliardic orders. they look both solemn and vulgar

  • @hansholbein1047
    @hansholbein1047 Před 4 lety +14

    3:36 Charlamagne didn't steal it from the Romans since he was the Holy Roman Emperor

    • @muhammadalfatih2640
      @muhammadalfatih2640 Před 4 lety +4

      The East Roman Empire still existed back then.

    • @mohamadsyafiq6743
      @mohamadsyafiq6743 Před 4 lety +3

      "Holy Roman Emperor" but never had rome as his Capital or under their Rule

  • @kalabuk1678
    @kalabuk1678 Před 3 lety +1

    The coat of arms JJ showed for Modern Uzbekistan is actually for Karakalpakstan, an autonomous republic within Uzbekistan, although the only differences between that one and the official emblem for all of Uzbekistan are some landscape details behind the Huma (bird) and the text that says “Қарақалпақстан” rather than “Oʻzbekiston”

  • @jonathon-leeyoung-brookes5737

    Crests and coats of arms are two different things.
    Crests are the animal or symbol which adorns the top of the Arms. These are then transferred to a signet ring or a seal for quick identification.
    The Armourial Shield is the what you keep referring to as the crest. Or also know as the coat of arms - these are used for formal or full identification of the family to which it belongs.

  • @davidwhite160
    @davidwhite160 Před 5 lety +25

    The "supporters" in Zimbabwe's coat of arms are actually Kudu, not Springboks. PS that's a very cool hoodie!

  • @edwardcumpstey9061
    @edwardcumpstey9061 Před 5 lety +5

    I love coat of arms, seals, symbols, etc.

  • @pablononescobar
    @pablononescobar Před 5 lety +2

    6:26 As of the date of this video, the picture did not depict the reigning Emperor, but the guy would become Emperor within 2 weeks

  • @skaftonmd8916
    @skaftonmd8916 Před 5 lety +2

    Awesome idea for a video! I'll consider this my birthday present from JJ!