House-badges/devices

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No: HPFGUIDX 13834

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Amy Z wrote:
> 
> > pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
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> > > Still, I think they would have made happier choices by simply
> > > duplicating what has been displayed at least in th UK-editions 
for
> > > the house-arms.
> >
> > Does anyone know who drew this?  I really like it, and the artist
> > isn't credited.  We don't have them in the US editions, sadly.
> 
> No, but I've been toying with the idea of drawing up a full 
achievement
> for Hogwarts, complete with supporters and stuff, just for fun. I'd
> probably use winged boars, since those top the pillars at the main 
gate,
> and a demi-boar or a sleeping dragon for the crest. Other thoughts?
> 
> --Amanda, onetime herald's painter

Amanda--

No other ideas but I do like the winged boars and the sleeping 
dragon.  So glad to find someone else interested in heraldry (and a 
RenFairer to boot!).  The Hogwarts poster is pretty decent--it *does* 
show the eagle for Ravenclaw.  To answer part of an earlier post you 
made about badgers.  Yes, they are an earth creature (they den) and 
also mean little buggers when they're cornered (although not as mean 
as weasels or polecats).  

Peace & Plenty,

Parker
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'...I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper 
death...'  Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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