[Moo] Lammasu, was: Re: Heralds Title for Stierbach

[Shannon D. Combs-Bennett]

Bull with sea tail is a  seabull I have clipart of it.

 

Rhonwen

Being a heraldic geek for the minute

 

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Subject: [Moo] Lammasu, was: Re: Heralds Title for Stierbach

 

Ooo, early period AND pretty...

According to a couple websites I looked at, the Lammasu (probably
spelled Iammasu in period?) was "A protective spirit known as a lamassu,
it is shown as a composite being with he head of a human, the body and
ears of a bull, and the wings of a bird. When viewed from the side, the
creature appears to be walking; when viewed from the front, to be
standing still. Thus it is actually represented with five, rather than
four legs."

So not a bull per se, but still bitchin'...  :)  They show up a lot in
Assyrian temple and palace decor.  They also show up in the D&D monster
manual, so... hmm.

Red Bull would be simple and straight-to-the-point, but would it not
conflict with current Baronial registered items?  Wings would be nice to
set it apart, as would perhaps giving it a mer-tail to keep in theme
with Kingdom sea-going stuff...

Just some thoughts.  I could use a Red Bull right about now.

Meli,
Already Sleepy at Work (tm)
:)



On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Janos scripsit:

Lammasu?   That's the only one I can find.

Barcsi Janos


-----Original Message-----

I am suprised not one of you referenced RedBull...

Now if I just remember what a winged bull is called :)

-Takeda

 

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