No.8107
What is your favorite symbol of monarchical authority? I'm a fan of the daṇḍa – which was just a staff, or scepter, of punishment wielded by kings in ancient India. The Sanskrit term just means stick but apparently it also, due to this association with kingship, acquired a sense of the administration of justice and punishment, both of which were considered duties of the king. Interestingly, the daṇḍa was also associated with the sage. Even today you can see police officers in India caring around daṇḍas to whack people with.
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No.8108
The crown, the scepter, and the sword.
There are 3 things which are
inalienable from the Person of
the KING: they are,
1. The Crowne.
2. The Scepter.
3. The Sword.
The one, He is to carry on His Head, the other in His
Hand, and the third at His Side; and they may be tear∣med
all three the ensignes or peculiar instruments of a
KING: by the first, He Reignes, by the second He
makes Lawes, by the third He maintaines them: and
the two first are but bables without the last.
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No.8109
His Estate. Either his physical place of residence, like Buckingham Palace, or the weirder…symbolic places. Like Mount Fuji in Japan or the Bock Promontory of Luxembourg.
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No.8110
There is no more recognizable image of kingly authority than the double-headed eagle. It's a symbol that stretches back and forward millennia.
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No.8111
>>8110
I have to admit, the Byzantine Eagle is a cool symbol.
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No.8112
Eternal pharaoh reporting in.
The crook and flail.
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No.8113
>>8110
Eagle symbolism is always some of my favorite as well
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No.8114
>The crook and flail are among the most famous symbols from ancient Egypt symbolizing the power and majesty of the king. Both these items were associated with Osiris and symbolized his early rule of the land. The symbols appear in the Early Dynastic Period during the reign of the first king, Narmer (c. 3150 BCE) and linked the king with the mythical first king of Egypt Osiris.
>According to the myth, Osiris' kingdom was usurped by Set, who murdered him, but he was resurrected by his sister-wife Isis. She bore him a son, Horus, who defeated Set and restored order to the land. The king was associated with Horus (with some exceptions) during life and with Osiris in death. Once Horus avenged his father and defeated Set, he took the crook and flail of his father to represent the legitimacy of his reign, and so it was for the kings of Egypt who identified with these gods.
>The crook was an early tool used by shepherds while the flail was a means of herding goats and also harvesting an aromatic shrub known as the labdanum. Since Osiris was originally an agricultural/fertility deity, he was associated with both implements from the Predynastic Period and they served as reminders of the past and the importance of tradition as well as, obviously, symbols of the legitimacy and power of the king.
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No.8115
Every good king goes around carrying a BATON.
A symbol of military conquest and marshalship. A symbol of regal authority in its martial manner, with its brutal bluntness. The baton is a favorite symbol of regal authority for taking command, and often a favorite of the commanding monarchs who ruled (like the absolute monarchs who larp as classical emperors) and also the baste kings like King Charles V.
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No.8116
I like when my monarchs also LARP as classical emperors/conquerors.
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No.8117
>>8116
These are the laurel crowns.
Let's also not forget the SUN is also a grand symbol.
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No.8118
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No.8119
Constitutions, if you're a constitutionalist.
However, the Constitution is like a really bad leftypol meme.
Every decent monarchist knows innate natural rights and doesn't need a flippin' piece of paper. The chad monarchist uses symbols like crowns over boring constitutions.
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No.8125
>What is your favorite symbol of monarchical authority?
vid related is my reaction to this thread.
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No.8129
>>8108
These. Also our Holy Crown is widely accepted among us Hungarians as the symbol of the continuous existence of the Kingdom of Saint István. Our country cannot emerge from it's depraved state of being that it was tossed into after the death of Mátyás I until a righteous man with the elligible wisdom and strenght comes, restores monarchy and gets rid of all the republican vultures that are feasting upon the suffering of our nation.
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No.8132
>>8119
Constitutions are great but they've never really been a traditional symbol of monarchy, far as I'm aware. "Upholder of the constitution" or something along those lines could be an interesting styling for a monarch, though.
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No.8133
>>8108
Crowns that have huge cloth caps in the center generally look shit. If they poof out, they ALWAYS look shit.
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No.8134
>>8132
>"Upholder of the constitution" or something along those lines could be an interesting styling for a monarch, though
That's already Putin's title, sounds gay af
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No.8135
>>8134
>That's already Putin's title
?
>sounds gay af
Not any more than titles like "Governor and Protector of the Realm".
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