The Gryffindor Coat-of-Arms

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 42514

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:

> It could be argued, I suppose, that the House arms are depicted in 
this way
> on the combined Hogwarts coat, and their actual attitudes when 
depicted
> singly are different. But we have no canon to base this on. So I 
personally
> think that the lion faces to sinister to allow it to be a part of an
> aesthetically pleasing combination in the Hogwarts arms, and there 
was no
> other deep meaning.

I might add that these figures are also not Muggle-- they move! The 
Gryffindor Lion may well look right at you when it's standing alone 
in Gryffindor-coat-of-Arms in Gryffindor Tower.

The Lion is pictured to be looking at the snake in Hogwarts Crest as 
the Snake looks at it.

As all pictures tend to move - paintings, photos, crests... well, I 
kind of doubt it means much - except that Slytherin&Gryffindor keep 
an eye of each other and battle for position as the leading house. 
(Having house-cup).

-- Finwitch