Reuben
Primary emblem is a man
Strong and handsome physically
Sensual and weak morally
Nature is changeable, like water
Secondary emblem is a body of water,
represented by wavy lines
These emblems are in use today by several branches
of the Celto-Saxon people:
Prominent emblem in the Royal Arms of:
Denmark
Greece
Holds an important place in the Arms of Iceland
The emblem of two provinces in Sweden
Emblem in at least 24 municipalities in Denmark
Simeon
Primary emblem is the sword
Appears in the Arms of many counties, cities,
and towns of:
Britain
Ireland
Appears in the Arms of 14 or more of the chiefs
of the Clans and ancient families of Scotland
Is a part of the emblem of a province in Sweden
Appears in Denmark:
In the Arms of one district
In four municipal Arms
Secondary emblem is a castle gate
Appears in the Arms of at least 50 places
in the British Isles
Appears on the Arms of Crests of many families
in Scotland
Appears in the municipal Arms of cities and towns
in:Denmark
The Netherlands
Judah
Primary emblem is the Lion in a couchant (dormant)
position
Common to nearly all sections of Celto-Saxon
people
Appears in their Royal and National Arms
Appears in their Provincial and Municipal Arms
Appears in the Arms of hundreds of their old families
National emblem and found in many provinces
and cities of:
The Netherlands
Belgium
Northern Ireland
Canada
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Luxembourg
Secondary emblem is three lions, either couchant
or rampant
National emblem of:
England
Denmark
Appears in England in:
The Royal Standard
The Shield of the Royal Arms
The Arms of 9 counties as the chief emblem
Appears in Denmark as:
Part of the Royal Arms
Part of the National Arms
Appears in Ireland in one municipality
Zebulun
Emblem is a ship
Ancient emblem of Holland
Appears in emblems of at least 18 places in:
England
Wales
Appears in Scotland:
In 19 places
In the Arms of more than 20 ancient families
and clan Chiefs
Appears in the Municipal Arms of 12 places in
Denmark
Appears in 11 places in the Netherlands
Appears in 10 places in Ireland
Issachar
Emblem is a laden ass
Not found in the heraldry of modern nations
Dan
Primary emblem is a serpent
Found in the Arms of many old families in:
England
Scotland
Appears in at least 20 Municipal Arms in
the Netherlands
Secondary emblem is a horse
Usually white
Sometimes with a rider
Was a favorite emblem of the Saxons
Appears in:
The Netherlands
Denmark
On the shield of the Royal Arms In 4 municipalities
England, emblem of the County of Kent
Scotland:
Part of the official emblem of Jedburgh
In several family crests
Several principalities in:
Germany
Lithuania
Gad
Emblem is a troop of horsemen
Portrayed with a mounted leader
Holding aloft a pennant
Little usage in heraldry
Asher
Emblem is a covered cup or a goblet
Not widely found in Anglo-Saxon or Celtic nations today
Found in several family Coat of Arms in:
England
Scotland
Naphtali
Emblem is a leaping stag
Appears in:
England
In one county, Cumberland
In one city, Hereford
Sweden, as provincial emblem of Oland
Joseph
Emblems are:
The olive branch
Arrows
The ox
The unicorn
Horn(s)
Later inherited and divided between:
Ephraim
Manasseh
Ephraim
Primary emblem is the ox or bull
Appears in provincial and municipal emblems
in:
Denmark
The Netherlands
Official emblem of one province in Sweden
Appears in the Arms of counties in England
Appears in the Crest of the MacLeod in Scotland
Secondary emblem is the unicorn
Appears in the Royal Arms of Britain
Appears in Scotland:
In the Arms and Crests of several families
Manasseh
Primary emblem is the olive branch
Appears in the United States
In the Great Seal
In official emblems on government offices
Secondary emblem is the bundle of arrows
Appears in the United States
In the Great Seal
In official emblems on government offices
Appears in county Arms in England
Appears in family Crests in Scotland
In the Netherlands, was one of the ancient emblems
of that part of the country called "Holland"
Benjamin
Closely tied to Judah
Emblem is the wolf
Used by tribes that settled in Scandanavia
Used by Norman invaders of England
Used by several Scottish chieftains (continued)
History of the Twelve Tribes
Originally came from covenant God made
with Abraham when he was willing to submit
to God's request that he sacrifice his son Isaac
Abraham passed the covenant to Isaac
Isaac passed the covenant to Jacob
Jacob's name was changed to Israel;
had 12 sons which became founders of tribes.
By order of birth, they are:
Reuben, whose mother was Leah
Simeon, whose mother was Leah
Levi, whose mother was Leah
Judah, whose mother was Leah
Dan, whose mother was Bilhah (Rachel's handmaiden)
Naphtali, whose mother was Bilhah
Gad, whose mother was Zilpah (Leah's handmaiden)
Asher, whose mother was Zilpah
Issachar, whose mother was Leah
Zebulun, whose mother was Leah
Joseph, whose mother was Rachel
Benjamin, whose mother was Rachel
The tribes migrated to Egypt about 1850 B.C.
because
of a famine in Canaan
Jacob adopted 2 sons of Joseph, Ephraim and
Manasseh
Ephraim was placed ahead of Manasseh
Ephraim took Joseph's place to become the 11th tribe
Manasseh became the 13th tribe
Levi was removed from the tribes
About 1453 B.C., the descendents of Jacob
left Egypt and:
Wandered for 40 years
Settled in Canaan
The tribes unified under Saul about 1050 B.C.
David succeeded Saul as King of Judah
around 1000 B.C.
The kingdom split into two separate kingdoms
in 922 B.C. after David's death
Ten tribes, under the leadership of Ephraim,
formed the Northern kingdom of Israel with:
Samaria as its capital
Jeroboam as its king
The other two tribes of Judah and Benjamim
(with some of the tribe of Levi)
formed the southern kingdom of Judah
with:Jerusalem as the capital
Rehoboam, Solomon's son, as the king
The kingdoms were able to fulfill their destinies:
One spreading abroad and becoming many nations
One fulfilling the second covenant to bring forth
the Messiah
The Levites took refuge in Judah.
In 745 B.C., Tiglath-pileser III carried away
the following tribes and distributed them
in and on the borders of Assyria:
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
In 721 B.C., Assyria conquered Samaria
and took captive the Israelites.
Most were taken to the cities of:
Halah
Habor
Hara
In 607 B.C., the domination of the peoples of
Syria
and Palestine passed from Assyria to Babylon
In 538 B.C., the Babylonian empire was overthrown
by Cyrus, King of Persia:
The exiled Judeans were allowed to return to
their homelands
The remnant became known as the Jews
The last reference by the Assyrians to the Israelites
by that name occurred in 853 B.C.
The Israelites were originally known to the
Assyrians
as "Khumri"
They were placed in captivity near the river Habor
(in northern Assyria)
They were placed among the Medes in northern Iran
Renamed "Gimira" and "Gamera"
and finally "Cimmerians"
The Gimira were part of the Israelites lost
in Assyrian exile
The majority of the Israelites were known
as "Iskuza" by the Assyrians—also known as "Sacae"
or "Scythians"
The Scythians and Cimmerians are descendents
of the Lost Tribes of Israel, lost in the sense
of losing their identity during their captivity
The Cimmerians:
Overthrew the kingdom of Phrygia shortly
after 700 B.C.
Were driven out of Asia Minor and settled in:
The Crimea area
The area northwest of the Black Sea
Moved westward:
Arrived along the North Sea Coast from Holland
to Denmark
From the Black Sea region to the "low countries"
(now Belgium, Holland, and north-west Germany)
After entering Europe, they:
Moved up the Danube
Through Hungary and Austria
Into southern Germany and France where
they became known to the Greeks as "Celts".
Celtic tribes settled in Bohemia and Bavaria
in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C.
Celtic tribes invaded northern Italy
in the 4th century B.C.
By the end of the 3rd century:
Filled the whole of Central Europe and North
Italy,
from the Apennines to Brittany.
Overran Central and Southern Italy
Sacked and burned Rome in 390 B.C.
Invaded the western portion of Asia Minor in 280 B.C.
Moved into Spain
Expanded into remote parts of Europe, Britain,
and Ireland.
From 403-848 A.D., they inhabited:
Gaul
Belgium
The British Isles
Parts of Spain
Parts of Portugal
Descendents now live in:
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
Cornwall
The Isle of Man
France
Spain
Portugal
ItalySettled in parts of the United States.
About the same time Celts
started moving into Ireland from Iberia
The Scythians:
Occupied South Russia from the Carpathians
to the Don River about 575 B.C.
Lived about 500 B.C., 100 miles northeast of Benares
Were known as the Sakka or "Sai"
Gautama Buddha had many titles,
one of which was Sakya the Teacher.
Migrated eastward as far as the Altai Mountains of Siberia
Migrated eastward over the centuries and reached
the border of China about 175 B.C.
Turned eastward about 165 B.C. and fled south
into India where they established a kingdom
in the valleys of the upper Indus between Kashmir
and Afghanistan
Were pushed further west by the Sarmatians
and divided into a northern and a southern group:
Settled into either the Baltic or North Sea
area
Settled into the Danube delta and The Crimea
The Romans dropped the name "Scythian"
and substituted "Sarmatae" and "Germani" (Germans)
a. The Anglo-Saxons who came to Britain
were called "Germans" by the Romans
b. The Normans were of the same stock,
a branch of Scythians who came from Scandanavia
The Angles and the Saxons:
a. Comprised the western fringe of the great
Scythian
horde that extended east as far as the Vistula River
b. Comprised eastern tribes that eventually made
their way to the Danish islands.
Sweden was established by Odin, who came
from Central Scythia
Migrated to England around 450-600 A.D.
2 tribes remained on the west coast of Norway
The ancient Britains are also descended
from the same stock:
Hebrews that left Egypt before the Exodus
Or later from Palestine before the Captivities of Israel
The Tribes Today
The people of Western Europe:
Are predominantly of the ancient Cimmerians
and the Scythians
Can be traced to the Germanic peoples
Can be traced to:
Anglo-Saxons
Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Austria
Hungary
Nordic ancestry in:
Bulgaria-Romania
Poland
Spain
Italy
Dan
Most of the tribe left Palestine prior to Jeroboam
II
and possibly settled in Ireland around
the 12th century B.C.
Around 1700 B.C., Calcol, the founder of the ancient
Irish line of kings and his brother, Darda,
migrated from Egypt.
Both are sons of Zarah, one of the twin sons of Judah
Judah—The king line can be traced from
this tribe
to the crown heads of:
Europe
Russia
Denmark
Holland
France
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