FAMILY GRIZAÑA: COAT OF ARMS / CREST & MEANING

Family name GrizaƱa

Coat of arms and family crest of GrizaƱa.

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

History and meaning for GrizaƱa.

On this website we collect some interesting and useful information for the study of the history and the heraldry of the family name GrizaƱa.

The most important thing is the bibliographic information about the name GrizaƱa.

The family name GrizaƱa is of SPANISH origin, since the letter Ƒ is typical of Spain, although in Latin America many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Otomi, Quechua, Aymara, Mapuche and Guarani also have with the Ƒ

SEVEN things you should know about the family name GrizaƱa:

1) The origin of the family name GrizaƱa.

2) The meaning of the family name GrizaƱa.

3) The coat of arms and crest.

4) The bibliography

5) The nobility of the family name GrizaƱa.

6) The prominent persons of this family.

7) The history of the family name GrizaƱa.

8) Do you know what heraldic drawings mean?.

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

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

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The very complete history and heraldry of the family name GrizaƱa 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 GrizaƱa. They are arranged alphabetically, although with additions at the end of many volumes. There are more than 17,000 names, including GrizaƱa.

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) AZURE: Blue color that symbolizes Justice, Zeal, Truth, Loyalty, Charity and Beauty.

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

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

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

* WINDMILL: The Windmills and their Wheels are a symbol of Obedience, because they face the violence of the current and obey the movement that it prints.

* 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.

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

* FUSIL: The Fusil is a symbol of Righteousness, Prudence and Equity and of the conveniences achieved through these virtues; it serves as a hieroglyph for those who gathered many goods using lawful and upright means.

* LEBREL: The Lebrels denote Burning and Courage in undertaking dangers, with such decision, that they need to contain their effort. The Boar symbolizes Dauntless and Boldness.

* SEA: The Sea symbolizes a raging and wrathful spirit that does not lose, however, the limits of the obedience that it owes to its sovereign.

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

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

* The family name GrizaƱa 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/

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