Know Your Lion

Know Your Lion Rat

All content taken from The Handbook to English Heraldry by Charles Boutell, M.A. (11th edition, 1914).

Rampant: erect, one hind paw on the ground, the other three paws elevated, the animal looking forward and having his tail elevated.
	No. 171. Rampant.
Rampant Guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield. Rampant Reguardant: as before, but looking backwards.
	No. 172. Rampant Guardant.
Passant: walking, three paws on the ground, the dexter fore-paw being elevated, looking forward, the tail displayed over the back.
	No. 173. Passant.
Passant Guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield. Passant Reguardant: as before, but looking backwards.
	No. 174. Passant Guardant.
Statant: standing, his four paws on the ground, and looking before him.
	No. 175. Statant.
Statant Guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield.
	No. 176. Statant Guardant.
Couchant: is at rest, the fore legs stretched on the ground.
	No. 177. Couchant.
Sejant: sitting down with his head elevated. If he looks out from the Shield, the word Guardant is to be added.
	No. 178. Sejant.
Dormant: asleep, head resting on fore paws.
	No. 179. Dormant.
Salient: in the act of springing, the hind paws on the ground, both the fore paws elevated.
	No. 180. Salient.
Queue fourchée: having a forked tail. Double-queued: two tails, as No. 181, which is a lion rampant double-queued.
	No. 181. Double-queued.
Coward: passant reguardant, his tail between his legs.
	No. 182. Coward.

Know Your Lion / created September 2007 / revised May 2009