Heraldic Awesomeness

[lumineaux]

Han Shott Furst is a documentable late 16th/early 17th century English name.   You should all be relieved that I prefer to use my heraldic powers for good.  ;-)

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[alysten.livejournal.com]

Note to self: Do not make the Pelican "unhappy." Ever.

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I would have thought this "name silliness" mine was played out.

Apparently there's still lots of awesomeness in there, if done with skill.

Hat tip to you, my friend.

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

As long as there are new primary sources to plumb, this mine will never be empty!

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

You never took Da'ud's class on visual puns, heraldic name jokes, and my favorite "Movie Titles As Heraldry", did you?

The dude has a FULL fat notebook of pages of these things, with dozens per page.

I figured that the ground was pretty well covered... and yet, you have exceeded my pessimism.

Srlsy: that one was awesome.

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

PS Crib from me. For decades, I have been saying "I promise to use my powers only for good. The problem is, I get to define "good".

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

I have more and better sources than Da'ud would have had back in the day. There's lots of wonderful stuff on-line now, including the IGI Parish Records extracts (which is where I found Han as a variant of Anne and a *female* name). I've also managed to prove that names we long thought were post-period, like Wendy, actually existed (albeit extremely rarely) in period.

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Oh I dunno... being good can take a lot of the fun out of life.

(so says the chaotic neutral)

[lumineaux.livejournal.com]

What can I say, I'm a paladin at heart.

[farmhouse-ghost.livejournal.com]

that's fantastic.