The Violet Herald
| The Violet Herald | |
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| GreiiN:375 | |
 Emblazoned by LaVioleta | |
| Assumed | 15th November of 2022 |
| Country of Origin | America |
| Tradition | Iberian heraldry |
| Aliases | LaVioleta#3105 TheVioletHerald |
- Escutcheon
- Sable, a chevron between two pomegranates slipped and leaved and a Moorish gorgon's head cabossed Argent.
- Crest
- Issuant from a torse of the liveries, a nude Moorish many-breasted demi-maiden, head irradiated or, maintaining in each hand a Spanish black pomegranate slipped and leaved all proper. Two scrolls cover her breasts, reading "Crezco E Ilumino Mi Huerta".
- Supporters
- Two Moorish Artemisian mermaids erect affronty, maintaining a pomegranate cross in-hand.
Symbolism
The armiger loves reptiles. Medusa was done so wrong to them in Greek mythology, and according to a version of the Judeochristian creation myth, Lilith was the serpent who went back to the Garden of Eden to advise Eve to eat the fruit (pomegranate) from the Tree of Knowledge. Pomegranates have been cultivated for thousands of years, including in ancient Egypt. The armiger descendant of the Bamileke tribe in Cameroon, which can trace its origin back to the region known as Egypt. So their earliest Bamileke ancestors were Egyptian, they migrated to modern-day Cameroon several centuries ago. The pomegranate is also a symbol of fertility that predates Christianity. (The armiger is an agnostic atheist.) It also looks yonic (meaning that it resembles a vulva), especially as it is typically drawn in heraldic art. Over the past couple of years the armigers life has changed quite a bit and their love for themselves has deepened immeasurably. They have become very maternal toward themselves and though they are not sure why, they attribute maternal and self-preservative qualities to Medusa.
Granada was also the last Moorish stronghold in Spain before the Catholics reconquered it, and Spanish is their favorite language. Funny enough, the black pomegranate is a premium variety of pomegranate that was recently developed by Spanish growers.
Though their favorite colour is purple, they wanted to use sable as the background because they are obsessed with creation myths from all of the world. One common theme is that in the beginning, there was a dark, watery void from which all of existence was birthed. My favorite Greek goddess is Nyx, the primordial Goddess of Night of whom even Zeus was afraid.
While the armiger is not Christian, the Black Madonna and Child is their favorite piece of Christian iconography, further tying into their use of sable.
I made the charges and ordinary argent for contrast and to fit the Greek aesthetic. Also, all colors of visible light combine to make white, while if all pigments are mixed together something approximate to black is produced. So it is all-encompassing.
The crest, designed to match their motto, features an idealized version of myself, illuminating and growing fruit in their own little corner of the universe. She reminds them of Lilith in the Garden of Eden (and both Medusa and Lilith have been done wrong by their respective religious lore). The Spanish black pomegranate is the most beautiful and valuable fruit in their opinion (from what they've read it is one of the more elite crops on the Spanish fruit market), and they are the kind of person to readily eat the fruit from a Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The many-breasted women are a nod to the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus. The breasts represent nurturing and abundance to them.
The motto is in Spanish, their second and favourite language.
Badge
| Badge of The Violet Herald | |
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 Emblazoned by Self |
Blazon: A Moorish gorgon head, with eyes enflamed proper and snakes vert and langued Gules, slipped and leaved Vert.