BATS (murciélagos)

[Waku]

There is something that I've always been curious to know:

Why in all the eastern Spain heralds you can see a BAT on the top?

Is there any connection with Murcia?

(mur=raton/mouse; cielago=ciego/blind)


Applying the same logic Catalonia would be "Land of Cats" (just joking)

[kIndal]

Here you have a webpage about it http://galeon.com/ea5st/loratpenat.html http://galeon.com/ea5un/escudo.htm
there is exactly the same info but in the first there is some music

[Waku]

Thanks a lot kIndal,

But... Why a bat?

I mean... I can understand a dragon, a lion, an eagle, any mythological monster, a snake, a bear, a wolf... they all represent something to frighten the enemies, or some kind of strenght, but a bat?

I would like to go deeper.

[XarXo]

Could be really lauglingh if you know the difference between "American" and "Amaricon" (land of... No, I can't say it!)

[Shaka Naldur]

when I was a child they told that it had something to do with Jaume I, I think that just the cities reconquered by him got in the shields, (Castellon, Valencia..)

they liked it because the bats eat mosquitoes and the mosquitoes caused a lot of illnes and it´s an uncomfortable insect and
in this region there used to be a lot of rice cultive, with its mosquitoes

I think that the right ansmwer but I could be wrong

[Waku]

Thanx Shaka,

That was what I was looking 4.

(I would have preferred to hear that it was because of some vamp influence )