https://www.thecollector.com/dragons-medieval-england/
Love a dragon, me
So the Border Wars using HOTT is the way to go?
Absolutemonte
...that elephant looks genuinely worried by meeting a more scary beast than him/herself !! 🫣
Lovely bit of medieval art...👍🏼
Yes, love the artwork
Although born and raised in Wales I now live 40km due south of my birthplace in Somerset which also features a dragon on its flag (Often called a wyvern here but the distinction is pedantry*). The flag was chosen only this century by a vote run by the Somerset Gazette. It does however closely resemble the device used by the council for over a century except that the council Wyvern holds a mace which had been used as a proxy by some for many years. The continuing appeal of dragons is clearly not a niche one as the vote certainly drew interest and three of the top four designs in the poll featured a dragon/wyvern.
Somerset flag.jpg
As the pose more easily fits onto a shield I used this design as the basis of the shield on the front of my knightly orders.
* I am sure I was told many years ago that a dragon had four legs and a wyvern two but this does not seem to work with representations seen – perhaps another of those logical points that doesn't actually stack up - like the number of equine hooves on the floor of mounted heroes being an indication of whether or not they died in battle.
I like the way dragons are described as " creatures of myth", as if the sentence should finish with "or so anyone who still owns one would have you believe".
I recommend watching Ivor the Engine
Nuff sed
Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 19, 2024, 07:06:01 AMI recommend watching Ivor the Engine
Nuff sed
Classic. 8)
You know, with all this reintroduction of species hunted to extinction in the Middle Ages going on in the UK, I wonder whether they will consider wyrms? These seem to all have been hunted down by over-zealous heroes for the crime of lurking in watery places. You can see why Nessie remains elusive.
Wyrms ARE dragons
Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 19, 2024, 01:46:39 PMWyrms ARE dragons
But usually ground or water based rather than flying. The flying ones were drakes. I believe the Welsh term is drach?
I've been reading a book on them recently and the root etymology etc is fascinating
If only I could remember where I put the bleddy thing down