FAMILY PEGAS: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name Pegas

Coat of arms and family crest of Pegas.

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

History and meaning for Pegas.

Pegas is a family name that we know that there is information about its heraldry, its history and its genealogy.

And here we make available to students of the family name Pegas an important bibliographical information that collects its heraldic and genealogy, that are a beginning of face to the study of this family.

SEVEN things you should know about the family name Pegas:

1) The origin of the family name Pegas.

2) The meaning of the family name Pegas.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name Pegas.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name Pegas.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

It is known that the Pegas have or have been established, among other places, in:

* Portugal.

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

* Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica, by Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa.

* Armorial Lusitano, by Antonio Sergio.

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The history and heraldry of the family name Pegas appears in the "Armorial Lusitano" by Antonio Sergio, so that, the Pegas are either of Portuguese origin or with branches in Portugal. We must bear in mind that the Portuguese nobles are linked to the Castilian-Leonese and Galician nobility, in addition to Portugal was once united to Spain, what to keep in mind for the study of the family name Pegas.

The very complete history and heraldry of the family name Pegas appears in the big "Enciclopedia Hispanoamericana de Heraldica, Genealogia y Onomastica" written by brothers Arturo and Alberto Garcia Carraffa, and continued by Endika de Mogrobejo. There are more than 100 volumes that occupy this Encyclopedia where we can find the family name Pegas. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including Pegas.

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

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

3) GULES: Red color that symbolizes Strength, Victory, Daring and Highness.

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

* HAWK: The Hawk symbolizes Noble and Strong chest in companies of honor, which fails to achieve them faints of shame.

* GOAT: The Goat symbolizes one who wins through politics rather than war.

* SCEPTER: The Scepter represents Dignity.

* TIGER: The Tiger represents Fierceness and Valour; Resentment; Dangerous if aroused.

* SNAKE: The Snakes symbolize Prudence and Cunning.

* RIVER: The River symbolizes, due to its condition of increasing its flow as it advances, the Knight who leaves his house with a desire to advance and returns to it enriched with Erudition and Fortune.

* EAGLE: The Eagle is an emblem of Generosity, Magnanimity and Bizarre spirit, that from the greatest heights does not stop monitoring the fulfillment of the least obligations of his position.

* COCK: The Cock is a symbol of Vigilance and Tenacity in the fight.

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

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