"He will exhalt with honour" apparently! Now, don't get me wrong, I love horses and rode regularly until relatively recently. However, as a grown woman, I have a particular distaste for all things twee and overly whimsical and I'm afraid I think unicorn worship falls firmly into that category. So, witness my latest family history discovery on the left - the coat of arms for a branch of the Irish landed gentry named Smith whom I have recently discovered are my ancestors. Resplendent with b****y unicorns!
Or to put it another way in the language of heraldry - "Arg., on a bend between two unicorns' heads erased vert, corned or, three lozenges of the last. Crest - out of a crest coronet or, a unicorn's head vert, armed of the 1st." Those of you who count blazoning as a talent ought to be able to colour in this image using that recipe! (Hint - green, gold and silver feature.)
According to the lore of heraldry, unicorns symbolise extreme courage and are in fact the "official" animal of Scotland, with two of the beasts appearing as supporters on the arms of Scotland. So, I guess that might redeem them a bit in my estimation.
But I still don't want them etched in glitter on adult pyjamas - Marks and Spencer, I'm looking at you!
Or to put it another way in the language of heraldry - "Arg., on a bend between two unicorns' heads erased vert, corned or, three lozenges of the last. Crest - out of a crest coronet or, a unicorn's head vert, armed of the 1st." Those of you who count blazoning as a talent ought to be able to colour in this image using that recipe! (Hint - green, gold and silver feature.)
According to the lore of heraldry, unicorns symbolise extreme courage and are in fact the "official" animal of Scotland, with two of the beasts appearing as supporters on the arms of Scotland. So, I guess that might redeem them a bit in my estimation.
But I still don't want them etched in glitter on adult pyjamas - Marks and Spencer, I'm looking at you!
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