Pre-modern Flag Thread

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>>1710484
女眞

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Pic related is the Canadian red ensign, it was my countries flag before prime minister Pearson changed it in 1965. The lions and fleur de lis on the insignia represent the shared anglo-french culture.

>>1710484
What's the story behind this flag? What do the colours mean, and why would Koreans put a Daoist symbol on their flag?

>>1711122
*country's

>>1710484
>>1711122
This. Why do Koreans use a Chinese Tao symbol? Is it because there were Chinese monarchs ruling old Korea or why?

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The Aztec symbol from which the Mexican coat of arms originated.

>>1711412
this question is as retarded as why europeans use middle eastern cross symbol

>>1711703
I didnt want to offend anybody. In my defence I'd say that an anon asked it before me.

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>>1710484
Coat of arms of the Principality of Theodoro, a small Crimean state and the last vestige of the Roman Empire. The Roman influences are apparent.

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>>1710484
Flag of the Beylik of Karaman. No, they weren't Jewish - they were Islamic. The Star of David is known to Islam as the Seal of Solomon, King Solomon being revered as a great and wise ruler.

>>1710484
Is Korean flag the worst flag in the world?
>has nothing to do with Korea, the symbolism refers to Taoism, a Chinese religion/philosophy
>literally designed to some Chinese diplomat's specification
>ugly and overtly weeaboo
>complicated to draw
Yes.

>>1711122
Before a plebiscite changed it you mean to say.

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>>1711878
It's not the worst flag ever, trust me.

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>>1711878

>>1712490
At least it's about Guam and not China.

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>>1711878
This one is worse.

>a fucking carpet

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>>1711878
or this one

>a literal black cock

>>1712496
It's comfy.

>>1712498
What you don't like cocks or something?

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Bonus shitty flag: Liberia edition.

>>1711878
Eh. You could say the same about the Nordic flags, displaying Christian crosses, which was a Roman religion forced upon the Nordics as well.

>>1712490
Looks comfy

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My flag history
Ukraine

This is the first. It represented the Ruthenian lands *old term for the Ukranian areas of the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth . We still sometimes refer to some western parts and people there as ruthenians. They have a differant dialect but they are so culturally close. Like Texans in America

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>>1712894
Then there is this flag which symbolized the Zaphrozhian hetmanate. Red and black were also used by cossacks of Ukraine but the blue and yellow were the standard

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>>1712906
Then after the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth was split most of the ukranian lands went to the Russian empire. There was some mixed veiws but it wasnt until the late 1800s nationalism became popular. Russians allowed Ukranians to become nobles and have status. This was uncommon under polish control to my knowledge. Ukranians under Russia often flourished culturally and the panslavic udea of the 3 rus peoples helped this. Under russia we formed a identity and a common veiw. Some russians didn't like this and put some restrictions on us but nothing that stopped us from developing.
Many of the authors and poets identified with the empire but still veiwed themselves as not true Russians

Nikolai Gogol was a popular Ukranian Russian. He wrote in Russian but was of ethnic Ukranian origin.

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>>1712936
Then after ww1 we were independent for a bit and there were many flags. This one was the most common

>>1712943
Under the soviets we had this flag for a bit

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>>1712945
Forgot picture

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>>1712951
We then were given this flag. The blue represented our cossack/ruthenian heritage and gave us a symbol of identity instesd of just a red flag

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>>1712962
When the Soviet Union collapsed we decided to take back our post ww1 flag. The colors were a part of our national history and reminded us that were a common people

This one is my favorite because it also has our coat of arms on it

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Raven Banner used by Norsemen in battle

it is cool

>>1712511
>Roman Catholicism
>Christianity
Nah, I don't think so.

>>1711412

Korea was free for most of its medieval history and it really became a tributary state when the newly formed Qing dynasty invaded Korea and forced subjugation (Korea only recognized Han Chinese as real rulers of China).

Also, they used those symbols because Chinese culture was widely adopted by Koreans since ancient times; it's not a product of Chinese rule.

>>1713129
good meme