[tirrigh-heralds] [antir-heralds] Conflict Check - Bear's HeadCabossed

[Morel Carr Zupanic]

Oddr wrote:
Without being zoologists, I think we'd need a cant.  Any structural differences are going to vary by artist, anyway, in ways that aren't heraldically significant.

If the black bear species is native to Europe, you could make a stronger case, but the case would be much better if the head was in fact all black.


Alicia wrote:
I'm not sure you would specify a 'black bear' - I think it would just be 
a bear's head.
I didn't find any conflicts.
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Thank you both!  I am thrilled that you found no conflicts, Alicia.  The black bear is important to me, but I had assumed it was also found in Europe.  Upon reading Oddr’s post, however, I checked and was wrong, so just bear’s head it is.  Totally irrelevant factoid:  Black is actually just the name of the species, not the colour, as black bears come in a range of colours, including white!  Though the white ones (Kermodes) are limited to the coast of British Columbia, so would not be found in Europe, even if I had been correct about the black bears.

Doireann Dechti
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