Unicorn Arms of Kings of Scots

[Bugbear]

Ohhhh, that's the volcano thing, and the river Stix and so on and so on. That first post just seems kind of... disturbing somehow. I'm enjoying reading all of this though, thanks, cajunscot, the symbology is starting to become more alive for me now.

[Monkey@Arms]

Lions carrying knives? And you guys give us grief about our bears packing heat.



Best regards,

Jake

[macwilkin]

Lions carrying knives? And you guys give us grief about our bears packing heat.



Best regards,

Jake

Anyway, getting back to the topic...

Here's an interesting article about unicorns in heraldry:

http://pages.infinit.net/cerame/hera...es/unicorn.htm

T.

[Monkey@Arms]

Anyway, getting back to the topic...

T.

There was a topic? You mean the part about throwing people into volcanoes?

Best regards,

Jake

[macwilkin]

There was a topic? You mean the part about throwing people into volcanoes?

Best regards,

Jake

No, unicorns in Scottish heraldry.

T.

[Bugbear]

Thank you for that link, cajunscot. I have saved an HTML copy of that on my computer. I do often wonder how these concepts and ideas crop up all over the world without contact, and sometimes around the same time... It seems to happen to scientests a bit too... intuition perhaps.

[Ruanaidh]

Sorry, you guys lost me with the griffins.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

CHIMERA
As riveting as all this ancient Persian and Greek stuff probably is, I am sorry to say that it really doesn't seem to add much to my understanding of heraldry. That said, "Ulysses" didn't add much to my understanding of western literature-- in fact I found it a chore and bore (I am referring to James Joyce, not Homer-- his stuff was just so much Greek to me). The point I'm making is that I doubt very much if any of us X Markers can validate your thesis, whatever it may be. Might I suggest that you try bouncing your ideas off the Society of Antiquaries in Edinburgh? We have a lot of members with FSA (Scot.) after their name and I'm sure one of them could direct you to the appropriate site to air your theories concerning the connections between Ancient Persia and Caledonia. Meantime, if you want to know your grannies tartan, your clan chief's telephone number, or why a whole bunch of families from Moray-shire all have three blue stars on their shields, no better place to post those questions than here on X Marks the Scot.

[Bugbear]

Thanks, chimera, I just didn't understand what we were talking about at first. It is quite interesting and as I said before more alive now that I am seeing the connections and stories. I think I've been away from college and out here in the middle of the desert too long... That being said, I want to "feel" what the heraldry means not just know. What are these symbols supposed to do to my subconchous mind; What is the alchemy of this heraldry and the stories they tell,; that's what I'm asking myself.


Also, it seems like there are a bunch of posts back there that I just didn't see or that were missing when I posted. It's very confusing and I can't tell who is talking to who... I don't know what that is all about, but just in case, I was not trying to say that totem and cave painting are heraldry, LOL, just that those have a deeper soul if you will to me than the symbols of the heraldry. I can kind of feel it now though... Reading the whole thread, I kind of feel like I opened the door and walked into a room where two paralel realities had overlapped... wouldn't be the first time.

[Bugbear]

chimera, I am sorry, I have taken this off topic by bringing that up. This is a Scottish heraldry thread, and i have no foundation to make comments on this topic. I will drop out.