Many familiar fables of Aesop include " The Crow and the Pitcher ", " The Tortoise and the Hare " and " The Lion and the Mouse ".

His involvement in the Thirty Years ' War gave rise to the saying that he was the incarnation of " the Lion of the North ", or as it is called in German " Der Löwe von Mitternacht " ( Literally: " The Lion of Midnight ").

Popular works that depict John beyond the Robin Hood legends, such as James Goldman's play and later film, The Lion in Winter, set in 1183, commonly present him as an " effete weakling ", in this instance contrasted with the more masculine Henry II.

But then the barbarian figure of Commodore Perry leaps out to perform a traditional Kabuki " Lion Dance ", which ends as a strutting, triumphalist, all-American cakewalk.

Hasidim, though usually ethnically Ashkenazi, usually use liturgies with varying degrees of Sephardic influence, such as Nusach Sefard and Nusach Ari, in order to follow the order of the prayers set by Rabbi Isaac Luria, often called " Ari HaKadosh ", or " The Holy Lion ".

The show ended with everybody singing " Can You Feel The Love Tonight ", the song featured in Disney's ( which later acquired ABC ) 1994 film The Lion King.

Ahmad Shah Massoud, known as the " Lion of Panjshir ", had been named " the Afghan who won the Cold War " by the Wall Street Journal and had defeated the Soviet Red Army nine times in north-eastern Afghanistan.

Singles from the album included " The Statue Got Me High ", " I Palindrome I " and " The Guitar ( The Lion Sleeps Tonight )".

William the Lion ( Mediaeval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric ; Modern Gaelic: Uilleam mac Eanraig ), sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, " the Rough ", ( c 1143 – 4 December 1214 ) reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214.

Hercules, a " Liger ", a Lion / Tiger hybrid

A " Jaglion ", a Jaguar / Lion hybrid

During his coronation, Haile Selassie was given many of the same titles used in the Bible: " King of Kings ", " Elect of God ", " Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah the Author of Mankind ", " the Power of Authority ", etc., are just some of more than 38 titles and anointments placed on Selassie.

Lion actually saved the day in the episode " Seven Little Superheroes ", in which The Chameleon was the main enemy ; with her canine sense of smell, Ms.

In the absence of a crown ( the crown had recently been lost with all the rest of his father's treasure in a wreck in East Anglia ) a simple golden band was placed on the young boy's head, not by the Archbishop of Canterbury ( who was at this time supporting Prince Louis " the Lion ", the future king of France ) but by another clergyman — either Peter des Roches, Bishop of Winchester, or Cardinal Guala Bicchieri, the Papal legate.

One son of King Louis VIII of France " the Lion ", Alphonse, Count of Poitou, married the heiress of the Count of Toulouse, Joan.

* Benjamin Arnold, " Henry the Lion and His Time ", Journal of Medieval History, vol.

* Classic Disney Cartoons and Comic Books: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck, Pluto, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, Gus Goose, Pete, Ludwig Von Drake, Clara Cluck, Chip ' n Dale, Scrooge McDuck, The Phantom Blot, April, May and June Duck, Humphrey the Bear, Ranger J. Audubon Woodlore, the Brownstone Park Bears, Pluto's Good and Bad Consciences, Red Riding Hood, Toby Tortoise, Max Hare, Flowers and Trees, Santa Claus, Reindeer, Hobo Cookie, Judge Cookie, the Skeleton Dancers, a Merry Dwarf, a Lamp from " The Whoopee Party ", the Lonesome Ghosts, Ferdinand the Bull, Susie the Little Blue Coupe, Professor Owl, Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Babe the Big Blue Ox, Dinah the Dachshund, Louie the Mountain Lion, Salty the Seal, a Rooster, a Hen, Girl Violin, Boy Saxophone, a Robot from " Mars and Beyond ", and various Black-and-White Characters.

For example, when Jeremy Irons ' vocal cords became strained during the recording of The Lion King song " Be Prepared ", Jim Cummings was called in to finish the song.

In Little Golden Book's 1996 Justine Korman storybook, " Disney's The Lion King: The Cave Monster ", Simba and Nala are afraid of the " Cave Monster ", but later find out that it is a spider named Anansi.

Heracles ' first task was to slay the Nemean Lion and bring back its skin, which Heracles decided to wear.

Winning the Silver Lion Award in Venice, it secured Fellini ’ s first international distributor.

Eleven eventually appeared and Orwell's The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius was the first and was published on 19 February 1941.

In 1633, at the age of 26, he was for the first time listed as an officer aboard de Groene Leeuw ( The Green Lion ).

* 1870 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey (" A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion " by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly ).

Although Lewis originally conceived what would become The Chronicles of Narnia in 1939, he did not finish writing the first book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe until 1949.

The books were first published in the United Kingdom by Geoffrey Bles, with the first edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe released in London on 16 October 1950.

The first headquarters of the firm were at 8 Red Lion Square.

* January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey (" A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion " by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly ).

* In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series, the adult Pevensies, now kings and queens of Narnia, chase the White Stag on a hunt, as the Stag is said to grant its captor a wish.

The Lamb of God / Lion of Judah ( Jesus Christ ) opens the first four of the seven seals, which summons forth four beings that ride out on white, red, black, and pale horses.

English Renaissance theatre, also known as early modern English theatre, refers to the theatre of England, largely based in London, which occurred between 1567, when the first English theatre ' The Red Lion ' was opened ; and the closure of the theatres in 1642.

* Henry the Lion erects the first bronze statue north of the Alps.

Until recently, biographers have largely ignored this incident in Beiderbecke's life, and Lion was the first, in 2005, to print the police blotter and affidavit associated with the arrest.

An example is Lucy Pevensie's discovery of the wardrobe, Narnia and a mysterious lamp post in the woods in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which creates a sense of suspense about an unknown land she is discovering for the first time.

* Design Awards: Eight shows have swept the design awards ( original 3 of Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design – joined by Best Sound Design starting in 2008 ): Follies ( 1972 ), The Phantom of the Opera ( 1986 ), The Lion King ( 1998 ), The Producers ( 2001 ), The Light in the Piazza ( 2005 ), The Coast of Utopia ( 2007 ), the 2008 revival of South Pacific ( first to sweep the expanded 4 awards for Creative Arts ) and Peter and the Starcatcher ( first straight play to sweep the expanded four awards for Creative Arts ) ( 2012 ).

Rothery and keyboardist Brian Jelliman completed the first line-up ; the first gig with this line-up was at the Red Lion Pub in Bicester, Oxfordshire, on 14 March 1981.

The first modern development in Arbroath was the Abbey, founded by King William the Lion in 1178 for monks of the Tironensian order from Kelso Abbey.

His first appearance was in Lion Down where he attempts to eat Donald.

Despite the religious nature of the early college, the first classes were held at a tavern called the Sign of the Red Lion.

It was awarded the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, making Nair the first female recipient of the award.

Heracles was commanded to slay the Lion as the first of his Twelve Labors.