[ANSTHRLD] Offensive Armoury

[Keyna]

This is true. I didn't even think of that. Brain fart sorry (smiles)
Keyna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian L. Rygg or Laura Barbee-Rygg" <rygbee at montana.com>
To: <heralds at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 2:05 AM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Offensive Armoury


> Keyna scripsit:
>
> > This is my opinion, and if you want to call it professional I don't
know.
> I
> > work with animals for a living. and you would never see an eagle with an
> > infant in it's talons. It makes it appear that the eagle killed the
infant
> > by tearing it in half. Eagles hunt rodents, birds, snakes and such. In
> > period eagles did not kill infants.
>
>      What real-life animals do in their spare time doesn't have a lot to
do
> with heraldry.  I'm pretty sure no lions in period wielded swords, but
that
> didn't keep them from being depicted doing so in armory.
>
>
> Your honours in dutie.
>
> Brendan Pilgrim
> ----
> Or, a winged elephant segreant counter-ermine, winged azure, maintaining
in
> its trunk a garden rosebud gules, slipped vert.
>
>
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