[Ansteorra] honor and animals
Hugh & Belinda Niewoehner
burgborrendohl at valornet.com
Fri Apr 16 10:35:47 PDT 2010
Sir Dietrich,
I stand corrected and beg your pardon.
As to symbols of honor in general I do not know how accurate this site
is about Heraldry (Perhaps a herald will comment) but they say 'honor'
in heraldry was represented by a hammer or anvil (tool of the
blacksmith's trade) or a human head (nod to Sir Dieterich).
Interestingly, if a "Blackamoor" for deeds of prowess in the Crusades.
http://www.fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm
Ismet
Casey Weed wrote:
> Ismet,
>
> I was answering those who had suggested that certain specific animals
> actually possessed this trait, not Her Grace. Dogs were mentioned, as were
> horses of both sexes.
>
> I agree that medieval minds projected symbolism on animals based on
> physicality. This is not, however, one of those instances. Honor is
> usually represented by a woman in art. If I were doing the banner project
> Her Grace is speaking of I would use a woman as the symbol rather than an
> animal.
>
> Ritter Dieterich
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