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Bird Rising §
A generic avian.
Default posture: close. No proper coloration.
Source: Banners, Standards, and Badges. Artist: Thomas Willement.
Cock Rising §
A male chicken, known in modern English as a rooster.
Default posture: close. No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.
Crow Rising §
A corvid, like the raven.
Default posture: close. Proper coloration: sable.
Artist: Jon Chesey. Adapted from Bruderschaftsbuch des jülich-bergischen Hubertusordens (Germany, c. 1480).
Duck Enraged §
A small waterfowl.
Default posture: close. No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Heralds’ Point Artists. Artist: Unknown.
Eagle Rising §
A mighty bird.
Default posture: displayed. No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown.
Goose Enraged §
A waterfowl.
Default posture: close. No proper coloration.
The term “enraged” describes a goose rising, with neck outstretched, wings addorsed and elevated.
Source: Braunschweiger Wappenbuch. Artist: Gustav Völker.
Heron Rising §
A long-legged fish-eating bird, distinguished from its cousins by the tuft of feathers on the back of its head.
Default posture: statant close. No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown.
Hummingbird Rising §
A swift bird. As a new-world creature, considered a Step From Period Practice (SFPP). Default posture: close. No proper coloration.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Owl Rising Wings Displayed §
A night-hunting bird of prey.
Default posture: guardant close. Proper coloration: brown, unless owl is blazoned as a type with distinctive coloration (e.g. a “snowy owl proper” would be argent).
The use of the displayed posture for a bird other than an eagle is considered a Step From Period Practice (SFPP).
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Raven Rising §
A corvid, like the crow, but typically drawn with “rough” or “hairy” feathers.
Default posture: close. Proper coloration: sable.
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Raven Rising Displayed §
A corvid, like the crow, but typically drawn with “rough” or “hairy” feathers.
Default posture: close. Proper coloration: sable.
The use of the displayed posture for a bird other than an eagle is considered a Step From Period Practice (SFPP).
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr. Adapted by Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin.
Raven Rising Displayed Regardant §
A corvid, like the crow, but typically drawn with “rough” or “hairy” feathers.
Default posture: close. Proper coloration: sable.
The use of the displayed posture for a bird other than an eagle is considered a Step From Period Practice (SFPP).
Source: Viking Answer Lady SVG Images For Heralds. Artist: Gunnvôr silfrahárr.
Simurgh Rising §
An imposing bird of Persian myth, related to the Russian firebird.
No default posture. No proper coloration.
As a non-European animal, considered a step from period practice (SFPP).
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.
Swan (1) §
A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.
Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.
The term “rousant” is used to describe a bird rising with wings addorsed.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist unknown.
Swan (2) §
A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.
Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.
The term “rousant” is used to describe a bird rising with wings addorsed.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art Archives. Artist: Ian of Tadcaster.
Swan Rising §
A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.
Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art Archives. Artist: Ian of Tadcaster.
Double-Headed Swan Displayed §
A fierce waterfowl, resembling an unusually large and long-necked duck.
Default posture: rousant. No proper coloration.
The use of the displayed posture for a bird other than an eagle is considered a Step From Period Practice (SFPP).
Source: Pennsic Traceable Art. Artist: Unknown.
Winged Monkey Rising §
No proper coloration.
Source: Pennsic Bored-Artist Collection. Artist: Dorothy Mackey.
Harpy Rising Addorsed §
A hybrid monster formed of a vulture with the head and torso of a woman.
Default posture: close guardant. No proper coloration.
Source: Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art. Artist: John Vinycomb.
