According to E. A. Wallis Budge, " as a Pantheus, i. e. All-God, he appears on the amulets with the head of a cock ( Phœbus ) or of a lion ( Ra or Mithras ), the body of a man, and his legs are serpents which terminate in scorpions, types of the Agathodaimon.

The fact that the name occurs on these gems in connection with representations of figures with the head of a cock, a lion, or an ass, and the tail of a serpent was formerly taken in the light of what Irenaeus says about the followers of Basilides:

For example, letters 1, 5, and 8 contain a discussion on the question, whether the use of a piece of metal with the figure of a lion, as a talisman, is permitted by Jewish law for medicinal purposes, or is prohibited as idolatrous.

19th century craftsmen were famed for their ornate wooden hunting hats, which feature elaborate and colorful designs and may be trimmed with sea lion whiskers, feathers, and ivory.

On their 1950 tour of New Zealand and Australia they also adopted the nickname British Lions, first used by British and South African journalists on the 1924 South African tour, after the lion emblem on their ties, the emblem on their jerseys having been dropped in favour of the four-quartered badge with the symbols of the four represented unions.

Nineveh is ironically compared with a lion, in reference to the lion as an Assyrian symbol of power ; Nineveh is the lion of strength that has a den full of dead prey but will become weak like the lion hiding in its den.

:: The wolf will dwell with the lamb ; the leopard will lie down with the young goat ; the calf, and the young lion, and the yearling together, and a little child will lead them.

Such was the case with Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah, when Mature refused to wrestle the lion, though the lion was tame and toothless.

He is an archon with the face of a lion, half flame and half darkness.

" As he Emperor Alexios I knew that the Pisans were skilled in sea warfare and dreaded a battle with them, on the prow of each ship he had a head fixed of a lion or other land-animal, made in brass or iron with the mouth open and then gilded over, so that their mere aspect was terrifying.

:" like a herd of cows maddened with fright when a lion has attacked them ..."

Apart from the ordinaries, the most frequent charges are the cross – with its hundreds of variations – and the lion and eagle.

Examples of Upper Paleolithic remains associated with religious beliefs include the lion man, the Venus figurines, cave paintings from Chauvet Cave and the elaborate ritual burial from Sungir.

He is also often depicted with a lion, " a figment " found in the thirteenth-century Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, and less often with an owl, the symbol of wisdom and scholarship.

This was a strange hybrid creature that combined the head and torso of a man with the legs and tail of a lion ( the cuneiform sign ' UR ' simply refers to a large carnivore ; lions, wolves and dogs are all included ).

The MTM logo was a short video sequence parodying the MGM logo, but with a cat meowing instead of a lion roaring.

His depiction of a fierce lion fighting with a venom-spouting snake was especially appreciated by Vasari.

The baidarka ( small skin boat ) was a small boat covered in sea lion skin that was used for hunting because of its sturdiness and maneuverability.

In its capital the heraldic lion and unicorn take the place of the Composite's volutes, a Byzantine / Romanesque conception, but expressed in terms of neoclassical realism.

Ise daikagura employs a large red Chinese type of lion head which can move its ears.

The lion head of the yamabushi kagura schools is black and can click its teeth.

During the Edo period, the lion dances became showy and acrobatic losing its touch with spirituality.

Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world magically transported to Narnia, where they are called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil and restore the throne to its rightful line.

The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a major population decline of 30 – 50 % over the past two decades in its African range.

Highly distinctive, the male lion is easily recognised by its mane, and its face is one of the most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture.

* Lion Conservation Fund example of a fund and its projects about the research and conservation of the lion

Until 1907, the Grand Duchy of Hesse used only the Hessian red and white lion as its coat-of-arms thumb

In antiquity, a leopard was believed to be a hybrid of a lion and a panther, as is reflected in its name, which is a Greek compound of leōn ( lion ) and pardos ( male panther ).

He also had the head of the Colossus of Nero adjacent to the Colosseum replaced with his own portrait, gave it a club and placed a bronze lion at its feet to make it look like Hercules, and added an inscription boasting of being " the only left-handed fighter to conquer twelve times one thousand men ".

The island was nearly lost to Athens by two attempts of the oligarchic faction to effect a revolution ; on each occasion the popular party ultimately won the day and took a most bloody revenge on its opponents ( 427 BC and 425 BC ). The lion of Menekrates at the Archaeological Museum of CorfuDuring the Sicilian campaigns of Athens Corcyra served as a supply base ; after a third abortive rising of the oligarchs in 410 BC it practically withdrew from the war.

The fact Leeuwarden carries a lion in its seal seems logical, considering that " Leeuw " is Dutch for " Lion ".

Noble house's mascot is a lion and its house colour is red.

In ancient times, the lion was linked to the sun, most likely due to its golden mane bearing similarity to the solar wreath of the sun.

The emperor demands to know what has happened, and Andronicus explains that he had once helped the lion by removing a thorn from its foot.

The rijksdaalder depicted a lion ; hence its Dutch name was leeuwendaler ( German löwenthaler ).

Across the foreground sprawls his symbol, a great lion whose body and tail make a double spiral across the base of the picture space.

It was attached to him because of his flag or standard, a red lion rampant ( with a forked tail ) on a yellow background.

* 1A Long Necked: A sea lion with a long neck and long tail.

The most broadly accepted theory for the role of the tusk is as a secondary sexual characteristic, similar to the mane of a lion or the tail feathers of a peacock.

* The Chimera-A fire breathing beast that was part lion, part goat, and had a snake-headed tail.

In the Inferno, the first part of Italian poet Dante's Divine Comedy epic, Geryon has become the Monster of Fraud, a winged beast with the face of an honest man, the paws of a lion, the body of a wyvern, and a poisonous sting at the tip of his tail.

Usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that ended in a snakes's head, the Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

Fraggles are humanoid creatures, about 18 inches tall, with fur in a wide variety of colors and a tail like a lion ’ s, with a tuft of fur on the end.

The lion ( Panthera leo ) is a large carnivorous feline of Africa and northwest India, having a short, tawny coat, a tufted tail, and, in the male, a heavy mane around the neck and shoulders.

These are described as: " on a silver background, the lion of Kurzeme with a divided tail, who leans upon a linden () tree with its forelegs.

The historic coat of arms of Berg shows a red lion with a double tail and blue crown, tongue, and claws – blazoned as: Argent a lion rampant gules, queue fourchée crossed in saltire, armed, langued, and crowned azure.

He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, eagle-like taloned feet, two pairs of wings, a scorpion's tail, and a serpentine penis.

In the Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy, Asmodeus is depicted with the breast of a man, a cock leg, serpent tail, three heads ( one of a man spitting fire, one of a sheep, and one of a bull ), riding a lion with dragon wings and neck, all of these animals being associated with either lascivity, lust or revenge.

It is depicted with the head of a moose with different horns as well as a moose's back legs, claw-like hands, the wings of an eagle, and the tail of a lion.

He is commonly depicted with the body of an angel with the head of a lion, the tail of a hare, and the feet of a goose, less frequently in the same shape but with the body of a lion, and rarely as a vulture.

This fine beast, now more than five years old, equals and even excels in his proportions a well-grown lion, measuring as he does from nose tip to tail 10 ft 2 inches in length, and standing only three inches less than 4 ft at the shoulder.

It has a somewhat lion-like head, and the tail is more like that of a lion than of a tiger.

For example, if the idea of a creature with the head of a giraffe, the body of a lion and tail of a beaver was constructed and the question asked if the creature had a large intestine, the answer would have to be invented.

Compared to the N12 Pulsar, the Astra LB sported a distinctive grille, the work of Australian stylist Paul Beranger housing the Holden lion insignia in the centre, Also unique were Astra-only tail lamps, badging and decals.

In the 17th century popular opinion was that the name came from a translation of Lost ( a tail ) and Withiel ( a lion ), the lion in question being the lord who lived in the castle.