> Has anyone done any work on heraldry in Western societies?
Only one piece: I know that Seshnegi knights in the Dawn Age wars against the Basmoli used to skin lions (or lion-men, or take the lion-skins of the lion warriors they slew) and nail these skins to their shields, as trophies. And this charming custom leads to the profusion of heraldic designs involving lions on shields in Third Age Seshnela.
Other sources would be the shield designs listed in the GoG Prosopaedia for the likes of Hrestol & Arkat & Paslac (though remember these may be the Third Age heraldic designs assigned retrospectively to old heroes, just as you can find the arms of Sir Hector of Troy and Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome in a French mediaeval armorial). And the "Crusades" article from Tales #13 (the "Go West!" special), of course, for crosses.
> Assuming that the lozenge really is square in shape (and why
> should the Earth cultist get it wrong all these years?)
Maybe it *was* a perfect square/lozenge, before it was cracked and rent asunder in the Gods' War?
> In all four quarters there are patches of ocean with no land
> beneath them. All of these are outside the Mundane World. If
> you swam down you would eventually find yourself swimming up
> into the Underworld.
The Oceans of the Inner World also have no bottom and connect directly to the Underworld.
::::
Nick
::::
Powered by hypermail