Editing Lock and key (section)

== Symbolism ==

===Heraldry===
{{Commons category|Keys of Saint Peter in heraldry}}
Keys appear in various symbols and coats of arms, the best-known being that of the [[Holy See]]:<ref>{{cite book |last=Fox-Davies |first=Arthur Charles |year=1909 |url=https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich |title=A Complete Guide to Heraldry |location=New York |publisher=Dodge Publishing  |isbn=0-517-26643-1 |lccn=09023803 |via=Internet Archive|page=291}}</ref> derived from the phrase in [[Matthew 16:19]] which promises [[Saint Peter]], in Roman Catholic tradition the first [[pope]], the [[Keys of Heaven]]. But this is by no means the only case.

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File:Coat of arms Holy See.svg|[[Coat of arms]] of the [[Holy See]]
File:Siuntio.vaakuna.svg|A key pictured in the coat of arms of [[Siuntio]]
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===Artwork===
Some works of art associate keys with the Greek goddess of [[witchcraft]], known as [[Hecate]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Oskar Seyffert|title=A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities: Mythology, Religion, Literature and Art|url=https://archive.org/details/b3135841x/page/270/mode/2up?view=theater|publisher=[[William Swan Sonnenschein|Swan Sonnenschein and Co]]|edition=6|date=1901|page=271|access-date=2022-01-01}}</ref>

===Palestinian key===
{{main|Palestinian key}}
[[File:Palestine Nakba Day demo in Berlin.jpg|thumb|Palestinian key at a [[Nakba Day]] demonstration in [[Berlin]]]]
The [[Palestinian key]] is the Palestinian collective symbol of their homes lost in the [[Nakba]], when more than half of the population of [[Mandatory Palestine]] was [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight|expelled or fled violence in 1948]] and were subsequently refused the [[Palestinian right to return|right to return]].<ref>{{cite book | last1=Meital | first1=Y. | last2=Rayman | first2=P. | title=Recognition as Key for Reconciliation: Israel, Palestine, and Beyond | publisher=Brill | series=Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia | year=2017 | isbn=978-90-04-35580-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8DE9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 | quote=Michal concedes the fact that Israelis do the same thing to the memory of the Nakba when saying "it was in 1948, enough talking about the past, let's talk about the future." When the Palestinians come with their keys [the Palestinian symbol of their lost homes], she says, "it's the same thing, it's a memory still burning in the hearts of families | access-date=2023-04-06 | archive-date=2023-11-10 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110054841/https://books.google.com/books?id=8DE9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fisk 2018">{{cite web | last=Fisk | first=Robert | title='I spoke to Palestinians who still hold the keys to homes they fled decades ago – many are still determined to return' | website=The Independent | date=2018-06-28 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/palestine-keys-return-home-israel-palestinians-a8398341.html | quote=Keys must always be the symbol of the Palestinian “Nakba” – the “disaster” – the final, fateful, terrible last turning in the lock of those front doors as 750,000 Arab men, women and children fled or were thrown out of their homes in what was to become the state of Israel in 1947 and 1948. | access-date=2023-04-06 | archive-date=2023-05-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501073326/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/palestine-keys-return-home-israel-palestinians-a8398341.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Feldman>Feldman, llana. 2008. [https://www.academia.edu/3426853/Refusing_invisibility_Documentation_and_memorialization_in_Palestinian_refugee_claims Refusing Invisibility: Documentation and Memorialization in Palestinian Refugee Claims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411000619/https://www.academia.edu/3426853/Refusing_invisibility_Documentation_and_memorialization_in_Palestinian_refugee_claims |date=2023-04-11 }}, Journal of Refugee Studies 21 (4): 4, page 503: "Anyone familiar with Palestinian visibility practices will certainly be aware of the importance of certain central objects within this field. Many refugees still have the keys to their houses in Palestine. Keeping these keys, and showing them to visitors and researchers, is part of a hope for return and a claim to these properties. Given this widespread practice, these keys, with their distinctive old-fashioned look, have also become symbols of refugee commitment to Palestine. At demonstrations in support of Palestinians one can often find people carrying enlarged replicas of these keys—in the process transforming individual objects into collective symbols."</ref> Since 2016, a Palestinian restaurant in [[Doha]], [[Qatar]], holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for the world's largest key – 2.7 tonnes and 7.8 × 3 meters.<ref name="The Peninsula Newspaper 2016">{{cite web | author=The Peninsula Newspaper | title='Largest Key' dedicated to refugees around the world | website=The Peninsula Qatar | date=2016-05-16 | url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/05/2016/%E2%80%98Largest-Key%E2%80%99-dedicated-to-refugees-around-the-world | quote=The gigantic key, dedicated to all the refugees around the world, was unveiled in a spectacular show at the Katara Amphitheatre last night featuring Palestinian Arab Idol winner [[Mohammed Assaf]]. “This key symbol for all the refugees in the world. We want to set a Guinness World Record to say that it is the right of these refugees to return back home. Actually this is linked particularly to Palestinian refugees."... Around 4,000 people filled the Katara Amphitheatre to witness the unveiling of the enormous key and enjoy the concert highlighted by the performance of the young Palestinian singer who is the first [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency]] regional youth ambassador for Palestine refugees. | access-date=2023-04-06 | archive-date=2023-05-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501073552/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/16/05/2016/%E2%80%98Largest-Key%E2%80%99-dedicated-to-refugees-around-the-world | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ard Canaan Restaurant 2016">{{cite web | title=The Largest Key in The World | website=Ard Canaan Restaurant | date=2016-12-08 | url=http://www.ardcanaan.com/en/%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7-5/ | access-date=2023-04-06 | archive-date=2023-05-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501073652/http://www.ardcanaan.com/en/%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%89-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7-5/ | url-status=live }}</ref>