FAMILY MAFA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Mafa

Coat of arms and family crest of Mafa.

Genealogy of family Mafa, origin of Mafa, provenance of the family name Mafa.

History and meaning for Mafa.

The heraldry and the history of the family name Mafa have been studied and on this website we put at your disposal the sources that we know exist.

Being certainly complex, sometimes, the study of the history of a surname, here we give the starting point for all those interested in knowing more about the family name Mafa.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Mafa:

1) The origin of the family name Mafa.

2) The meaning of the family name Mafa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Mafa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Mafa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

Bibliography that collects the history and the coat of arms for the family Mafa:

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The coat of arms, family crest, meaning, history and heraldry for Mafa appears in some or some books of the wide heraldic library of the Heraldry & Crests ( https://www.heraldrycrests.com ). In this web of the surname Mafa some of the mentioned books appear, although there are more works.There are also data of Mafa in parochial records of baptisms, marriages and deaths.

One of the most distinctive qualities of heraldry is the use of a limited palette of colours and patterns, usually referred to as tinctures. These are divided into three categories, known as metals, colours, and furs.

Next we are going to see the meanings of three tinctures:

1) PURPLE: Justice, Wit, Truth, Greatness, Wisdom and Love; those who wear this color are obliged to defend the Prince defending ecclesiastical people.

2) OR (Gold): Nobility, Magnanimity, Wealth, Power, Light, Constancy and Wisdom.

3) SABLE: Black color that symbolizes Prudence, Sadness, Rigor, Honesty and Obedience.

Next lets look at the characteristics of some figures that we can find in heraldry and crests:

* LIZARD: The Lizard is a symbol of Fidelity and Hobby, for which it shows the man.

* SWAN: The Swan, by the tradition that he sings sweetly when he is about to die, means Ancient Nobility, without stain of any kind, who dies courageously executing glorious undertakings.

* ROOK: The Rooks symbolize the Captain who defends his fortress.

* ROUNDLE: The Roundles symbolize the bucklers that the soldiers carried as a defensive weapon.

* NETTLE: The Nettle symbolizes Affliction.

* YOKE: The Yoke symbolizes Unity.

* BEZANT: The Bezants, due to its oriental significance, was adopted by most of the Knights who took part in the expedition to the Holy Land.

* PELICAN: The Pelican is a symbol of the Charitable and Pious Lord towards his vassals.

* The family name Mafa appears in the list of last names of Heraldry & Crests so its complete history, crest and coat of arms or heraldic shields can be known on his website: http://www.heraldrycrests.com/

Heraldry for family name Mafa as well as its history is at your disposal here: Heraldry, history, origin, crest and coat of arms of the family name Mafa

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