Pantheon (mythical creature)
The Pantheon is a mythical creature. It appears to have been invented by the heralds of the Tudor period. During that period it was used in a number of grants of arms.[1]
The Pantheon was a star-spangled hind (a female red deer), usually black or dark blue in colour, although sometimes red.
Pantheons appear in the arms of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.[2] The arms were granted in 1955.[3]
Notes
- ^ Dragonlore
- ^ The number of points on the stars add to 92, the atomic number of uranium.
- ^ Briggs
References
- Briggs, Geofrey; Civic & Corporate Heraldry, Heraldry Today, London, 1 January 1971
- Dragonlore, The Journal of the College of Dracology No. 70 2006.
- Friar, Stephen; A Dictionary of Heraldry, Harmony Books: New York, 1987. This web-site includes an image of the UKAEA's arms.