In HILD, Hild acquires four bynames or epithets. In MENEWOOD she acquires more, the first of which is Cath Llew, or lynx. Here’s a post—maps! drawings!—about how and when that happened.
Read more "Hild’s bynames #5: Cath Llew"What totems and banners did Edwin and then Oswald carry as kings of Northumbre? Sometimes the clue is in the name. Sometimes, eh, not so much. Another chewy post about martial iconography and the Angles, Irish, and Picts of early seventh-century Britain. Or: Fun with colour and cost!
Read more "Totems and banners: Edwin and Oswald"What banners and totems might Hild’s people have carried in the early seventh-century of MENEWOOD? We don’t know. But here are some guesses, with pictures!
Read more "Totems and banners: Hild’s Elmet"According to Bede, Edwin was preceded by a standard bearer, carrying a ‘tufa’. My assumption has always been that this was a Roman-style standard, or perhaps a staff. At some point I’ll need to work out what that looked like. But another assumption I’m making is that he didn’t assume such pretensions until the late […]
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