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Symbols have power. Whatever they might be, they always hold some deeper meaning to them. They are used by humans to signify belonging - to a group - or to exert control over others. Some are even said to have magical powers.

All of these properties can be observed in the national arms of Ukraine, the trident or trezubets. Since 1918, it has been featured upon the Ukrainian coat of arms: a blue shield with a golden border, and the golden trident within it. Derivations of this symbol appear in other Ukrainian organizations, including the association of football. Official use of the symbol was proposed in 1917 by historian Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, and he got it from an 11th century monarch, Vladimir the Great.

Sources:
Old Russian graffiti as sources of weapon history: preliminary statements - Mikalai Plavinski
The Birka Warrior - Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson
The Early Slavs - Pavel M. Dolukhanov
The ‘Rurikid Sign’ from the B3 church at Basarbi-Murfatlar - Alexander Fetisov
The Russian Primary Chronicle(Laurentian text) - Transl. By Samuel Hazard Cross & Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor
Viking Rus’ - Wladyslaw Duzcko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols...
https://mythdetector.ge/en/where-does...

Image credits:
Signs of the Rurikids by Alex K of wikimedia commons

Music credits:
Official heavy start - Kevin Mcleod of incompetech.com
Evening fall harp - Kevin Mcleod of incompetech.com
Evening fall piano - Kevin Mcleod of incompetech.com
Lone harvest - Kevin Mcleod of incompetech.com

Image credits:
st. nicholas cathedral novgorod by alaexis.png

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