[ANSTHRLD] Conflict Check: Gules, a seal sejant argent charged with a fleur-de-lys sable

Lisa Theriot lisatheriot at ravenboymusic.com
Wed Oct 5 15:58:21 PDT 2011


How do you "sit" a seal?  A (natural) sea lion, I can see, but a seal?
I see a bunch of them in the A&O, though nothing newer than 2000, so I'm
wondering if sejant is really the right word?  Wouldn't we prefer fish
position terms for a seal?  It's really lacking the required parts to
sit!

I guess I need to mention on OSCAR that it's time we stop using the term
"seal" for sea lions (we really should stop registering natural sea
lions as they were unknown to period Europeans, but there you are).
Anyone who has worked with both knows they are incredibly dissimilar.
If we can manage to not confuse ourselves when talking about heraldic
dolphins and natural dolphins, I think we can manage the same regarding
sea-lions.

(Go on, be brave, submit it as a natural sea lion, I dare ya!)


Adelaide



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