Editing Heraldry (section)

===Canting===
Martin makes use of canting arms to represent some of the houses in his books. Canting arms are a type of heraldic pun, whereby the blazon of the shield makes a direct reference to the name of the family. Examples include:

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File:House Waxley.svg|The candles of [[House Waxley]]
File:House Haigh.svg|The pitchfork of [[House Haigh]] (hay)
File:House Belmore.svg|The bells of [[House Belmore]]
File:House Blackbar.svg|The black bar of [[House Blackbar]].
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In other houses the canting refers not to their name of the family, but to their ancestral seat. Examples include:

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File:House Martell.svg|The sun and spear of [[House Martell]] for their home [[Sunspear]]
File:House Connington.svg|The griffins of [[House Connington]] of [[Griffin's Roost]]
File:House Frey.svg|The two towers of [[House Frey]] of [[the Twins]] 
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