Amazon shield designs/standards

[Froggy the Great]

Thanks all!  I've decided to go with a crescent-moon motif, after Artemis and Atalanta.

[HerbyF]

Froggy there are some common variations to the moon motif, the crescent moons to either side of a full moon or two crescent moons back to back supporting a full moon.

[mr ed]

Here's what the Greeks gave them...


weird wing shape things, a tripod and something else (a lyre?) in this rumble with Heracles



Cowskin Dipylon



Possible checked pattern  - probably supposed to be wicker



Spots (Moons?)





lion and Triskelion



Bull's head



Snakes







Centaur



Wreath

[northtroll]

Snakes, moons, horses are all fine. Why not a a labrys? That's a double headed axe for those who are unfamiliar with it. Pretty much any neo-pagan iconography would work in a pinch.

[mr ed]

I can't think of any Greek depictions of a crescent moon at all - only the odd full moon.