[antir-heralds] Horse head versus unicorn head

[Caitrina Lions Blood]

Sorry, that wasn't me :)  

Caitrina

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Subject: [antir-heralds] Horse head versus unicorn head

If I follow my quotes/includes correctly, I _think_ it was Caitrina who
wrote:

> There's a CD (at least) between a horse's head and a unicorn's head.
> (Richard Cheval, October, 1992, pg. 7)

( Since this list is, in part, about teaching... :-)
I'm confused.

There's no difference between a wolf and a talbot (or any other dog).
No difference between a lion and a cougar and a tyger.
There's no difference between an eagle and a wren and a dove.

Why would there be a difference between a horse head and a unicorn 
head? (or a horse and a unicorn).
I understand that the heraldic unicorn is so much more than our standard 
"horse with a horn issuing from its forehead": thinks like hooves like a
goat.

But, for purposes of distinction across the field, I don't see a difference.
Is this a case of what seems to be an arbitrary ruling?

TIA,
Symmonne Deccarrete de Villette


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