por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 04 The griffin is commonly an emblem in heraldry, like the unicorn, the lion, and others. It conventionally represents ingenuity, strength, courage, and vigilance. It is a mythical creature with the head, claws, and wings of an eagle and the body of a... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 3 THE LION Animal or zoomorphic motifs are the main protagonists of the iconographic universe of popular Serrano embroidery. They appear together with floral or phytomorphic motifs that accompany them, completing the compositions and bringing to mind the... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 2 THE MYTHOLOGICAL LION Among the zoomorphic motifs, the lion is one of the main motifs in the iconographic universe of popular Serrano embroidery. It is represented in many different ways, even with attributes of other animals that transform it into a... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 01 THE SEVEN-HEADED DRAGON The seven-headed dragon, which is very frequent in popular Serrano embroidery, also appears in the Bible and in the medieval illuminated beatus manuscripts which were influenced by the Mozarabic groups, who were Christians that... 
por Daniel Arroyo | Mar 13, 2025
Cover Counter 5 THE HIPPOCAMPUS Mythological animals, which are often made up of the fusion of two or more different animals, as in the case of the Hippocampus, are very often represented in popular Serrano embroidery. In Greek mythology, the Hippocampus was a horse...
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