page_title: Symbols of the Rurikids
section_title: Religious symbolism
hierarchical_section_title: Symbols of the Rurikids / Modern usage / Coat of arms of Ukraine / Religious symbolism
caption_attribution_description: English: Runvira (Ukrainian trident symbol inside rayed sun) Polski: RUNWira Русский: РУН-вера Українська: РУНВі́ра
context_page_description: Throughout the early Middle Ages, the Rurikid knyazes of the Kievan Rus' used unique symbols to denote property rights over various items. They are depicted on punches, seals, and coins of the Rurikids. In contrast to Western European heraldry, where coats of arms belonged to entire families, or were inherited without changes by firstborn sons, Rurikid symbols were personal, with every knyaz devising an emblem of their own for themselves.
context_section_description: A modified trident of Saint Vladimir was found as a basic element of the coat of arms of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAPC) before it merged to form the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
  The trident of Vladimir is also used by followers of the Native Ukrainian National Faith, a branch of the Slavic Native Faith, as part of the basic symbol of their religion — the trident umbegone by sunbeams.
caption: Coat of arms-symbol of the Native Ukrainian National Faith.
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