Zelda Bird

have you ever seen the bird like thing on link's shield? well im sure everyone has, but i was watching the movie A Knights Tale im sure some of you have seen it and i saw this:



look at the guy on the far left. on his shirt it has almost the same looking bird as the one on link's shield. heres his shield:



i dont know if its just a cauncidence, (excuse my spelling), or they did that on purpose because they take place back in mideviel times...what do you think?

I must say they are simular to not the same look at the birds head and body the only thing that relates to the Hyruleian shild is the wings.

It's because the Zelda symbol is just an edited version of the original symbol (on the Guy's shirt).

They may look simular...
However; they are not all alike...
Just a coinsidence...

Almost no similarity whatsoever and birds are very common decorations.

rand and Goron Man are right, many symbols have birds with thier wings spred out. They sort of look the same, interesting find, but no dice.

It's a coincidence. The eagle was one of the more popular animals for knights to have on their coat of arms. (I'm so white and nerdy!)

a bird was, as LinkZeldaGanon said, a popular symbol used in the medieval times. The bird usually represented knowledge or enlightenment and skill; a "seer" who comprehends all things. To bear this symbol was a great honor.

Yeah, The Eagle especially was a common and prestegious symbol back in the day. So, that's why Nintendo decided on it. Simple, but powerful all the same.