heraldry – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Tag Archives: heraldry

Anthony’s Animals

I decided to read Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony due to the references to it in Lin Carter’s Kesrick. And it turns out that a lot of those references weren’t original with Flaubert either. They were both big … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, Frank Black/Black Francis, Greek Mythology, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a book of creatures, albertus magnus, aras, astomi, basilisk, bestiaries, blemmyae, catoblepas, chimera, cynocephali, digimon, griffins, gustave flaubert, halidom, heraldry, hoppers, kesrick, lin carter, manticores, monopods, musimon, nasnas, phoenix, pygmies, qaqnus, sadhuzag, sciapods, siranis, sirens, sphinx, st. anthony the great, the patchwork girl of oz, the temptation of saint anthony, the voyage of the dawn treader, unicorns |

Yale, Yale, the Gang’s All Here

Today’s mythical creature is the Yale, which was included in a list of uncommon mythical creatures on Quora, a site I’m always getting e-mails from despite not remembering ever signing up for, but I don’t unsubscribe because there’s interesting stuff … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Etymology, Greek Mythology, Language, Monsters, Mythology | Tagged basilisk, bible, camelopard, centicore, ethiopia, giraffe, heraldry, jael, john of lancaster, judges, lady margaret beaufort, little nemo, natural history, pliny the elder, whiffenpoofs, yale, yale university |

American Birdbrain

You’ve probably heard the story about how Benjamin Franklin wanted the American national bird to be the turkey instead of the bald eagle. I first learned it on a first-grade field trip to the Philadelphia Zoo, and I remember one … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Greek Mythology, History, Holy Roman Empire, Mythology, Roman, Roman Empire | Tagged american bald eagle, benjamin franklin, birds, eagles, endangered species, heraldry, imperialism, jupiter, lions, manifest destiny, owls, pigeons, turkeys, zeus |

Who, What, When, Where, Wyvern

While the wyvern is now fairly standard in fantasy fiction, its exact origins are difficult to trace. It seems to have first appeared in medieval bestiaries, and to have been used heavily in heraldry. While often used to represent war … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dragon Quest, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Video Games | Tagged catherynne valente, chimera, chimera wings, dragons, dungeons and dragons, fess, halidom, heraldry, jason, lauren lynn mcgraw, medea, merry go round in oz, orpheus, troth, wyverns, wyvers |