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Once allowed in SCA heraldry, the '''Lightning Flash''' (sometimes disparagingly called a '''Shazam''') is now a [[restricted charge]], being considered [[out of period]] by the [[College of Heralds]].
A no-longer-allowed charge, considered out-of-period by the College of Heralds and disparagingly called a "Shazam". A lightning bolt is an embattled stripe with arrowheads on each end and is considered the period European depiction of lightning. A flash is a dancetty or sawtoothed stripe tapering to a point on one or both ends.

By contrast, a '''lightning bolt''' is an embattled stripe with arrowheads on each end and is considered the period European depiction of lightning, which is permitted. The restricted flash is a [[dancetty]] or sawtoothed stripe tapering to a point on one or both ends.

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Latest revision as of 04:06, 2 August 2008

Once allowed in SCA heraldry, the Lightning Flash (sometimes disparagingly called a Shazam) is now a restricted charge, being considered out of period by the College of Heralds.

By contrast, a lightning bolt is an embattled stripe with arrowheads on each end and is considered the period European depiction of lightning, which is permitted. The restricted flash is a dancetty or sawtoothed stripe tapering to a point on one or both ends.