Heraldic Beasts?

[Mike_Oettle]

Well, Bugbear, since you mention a blue tiger (Maltese, at that!), I thought I would mention that my crest is a blue kudu.
The kudu (also called the greater kudu, or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a popular charge in South African arms, and to avoid the possibility that I was duplicating someone else’s crest, I used armorial rather than natural colours. My kudu’s horns are gold. The pair of kudu horns I have lying on my roof is almost black.
Regards,
Mike

[Bugbear]

Well, Bugbear, since you mention a blue tiger (Maltese, at that!), I thought I would mention that my crest is a blue kudu.
The kudu (also called the greater kudu, or Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a popular charge in South African arms, and to avoid the possibility that I was duplicating someone else’s crest, I used armorial rather than natural colours. My kudu’s horns are gold. The pair of kudu horns I have lying on my roof is almost black.
Regards,
Mike

Cecil Wade's book says gold is associated with "generosity and elevation of mind" and blue is associated with "loyalty and truth." It looks like that is on page 26 at that link I posted back there; the scan of the book is not pristine...

[Downunder Kilt]

I would like to wager a florin that a Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) has never been used as an heraldic beast.

[Mike_Oettle]

Well, Mike, I think you might lose your florin, but I cannot call a devil charge to mind at the moment.
(For those who don’t know, a florin was the name given to a two-shilling silver coin. Originally it referred to a silver coin minted in Florence.)
I know someone who has a numbat in his arms.

And Bugbear, that symbolism for the colour blue rings true. I knew there had to be a reason why it is my favourite colour!
Regards,
Mike

[Cygnus]

Well, Mike, I think you might lose your florin, but I cannot call a devil charge to mind at the moment.
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I can help with that, Mike - the supporters for the coat of arms of Tasmania are Tasmanian tigers.


Downunder Kilt, I think that means I have a florin coming my way!

[Downunder Kilt]

I can help with that, Mike - the supporters for the coat of arms of Tasmania are Tasmanian tigers.


Downunder Kilt, I think that means I have a florin coming my way!

Cygnus, anytime you are in town give me the nod and the florin is yours, as well as a good meal.

[Bugbear]

Well, I guess that settles the Tasmanian tiger controversy.

Tiger Colours -- The maltese or blue tiger
That is the blue maltese tiger to which I refered. Not a tiger from the island of Malta, just in case my post was confusing.

[Bugbear]

I have relatives who hunt mudbugs...

Here's the story of why MacLowlife has a lobster on his crest.

MacLowlife takes his hot date to a seafood restaurant one evening, and there is an aquarium in which two lobsters await their grim fait. One lobster seems to be taking up the middle of the aquarium and the other, who looks a little skinny, is huddled up in a corner with his little eyes pressed to the glass.

MacLowlife's date says, "oh, that's so sad, look at the lobsters..."

So MacLowlife steps up to the aquarium, taps the glass, and points to the skinny lobster in the corner, saying, "I'm going to eat you, grrrr," then shows him his teeth: chop, chop, chop!

MacLowlife's date gasps!
The skinny lobster screams and says, "oh no! The Big blurry monster is going to eat me," and the big lobster in the middle of the aquarium laughs, "ha ha! Their going to eat you. Their going to boil you alive and pull your skinny little legs off."

The Skinny lobster says, "oh no..." and faints; just then the cook steps up behind the aquarium with the lobster tongs, clicking them with a fiendish grin.

MacLowlife's date says, "did you hear what that lobster said? Bad lobster! We'll have the big one in the middle of the tank., and make sure you pull his legs off before you boil him!"

As MacLowlife and his date walk away to be seated, He turns back to the skinny lobster and gives a thumbs up. The lobster winks back as he stretches out across the middle of the tank.


Thus the lounging lobster crest.

[MacLowlife]

Yeah and it was GOOD, but I didn't eat any of the little legs. Well, only one or two. If memory serves, there is a bar in Waterville , Ireland, with a big sign out front featuring a lobster hoisting a big brown pint. A crustacean after my own heart.

[Bugbear]

I've never been to Ireland, MacLowlife; though a relative lived there for a few years back in the nineties. Because of this, there is now a pub in Dublin with a blender to make the crushed ice of a Mexican drink.

I gather that the heraldic system in Ireland is different than Scotland's. I'm not sure Spain has one at the moment; I've lost track of that.