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  2. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    The word aslan is Turkish for lion. The lion is also the symbol for Gryffindor house, the house of bravery, in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back is a 1963 children's book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. Lions also tend to appear in several children's stories, being depicted as "the king of the ...

  3. Taung tribe - Wikipedia

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    The Taung tribe or Bataung is a tribe of Bantu origin which speaks the Sotho-Tswana group of languages, namely, Setswana, Sepedi, Sesotho and Lozi. [citation needed]"Tau" is a Sotho-Tswana word meaning "Lion", and this animal is their totem.

  4. Fylgja - Wikipedia

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    The animal fylgja typically came in the form of a dog, but also as various other land or even sea creatures, [11] The particular animal type that the fylgja takes on may reflect the character of the person they represent, akin to a totem animal. Hence fox-like fylgja shadowed a deceitful person, a swan-like form shadowed a beautiful woman. [12]

  5. Figurative palanquin - Wikipedia

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    A Ga chief whose clan uses the lion as a totem must therefore use a litter in the form of a lion. The totems and family symbols of the Ga represent animals, plants or objects. All of them are associated with the history of the clan and his ancestors. When a chief is carried in such a figurative palanquin, using his totem symbol ensures ...

  6. Tonal (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Tonal is a concept within the study of Mesoamerican religion, cosmology, folklore and anthropology. It is a belief found in many indigenous Mesoamerican cultures that a person upon being born acquires a close spiritual link to an animal, a link that lasts throughout the lives of both creatures.

  7. Barong (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Barong, a mythical lion-like creature. Rangda is Barong's opposite. While Barong represents good, Rangda represents evil. Rangda is known as a demon queen, the incarnation of Calon Arang, the legendary witch that wreaked havoc in ancient Java during the reign of Airlangga in the tenth century.

  8. Bafia people - Wikipedia

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    The turtle is respected as a traditional totem animal; it is identified with tatabell, ... In the centre of the region inhabited by the Bafia is a lion statue. Lions ...

  9. Lion (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Lion Leopardé ... is a French term for what the English call a Lion passant gardant. The word leopard is always made use of by the French heralds to express in their language, a lion full-faced, or gardant. Thus, when a lion is placed on an escutcheon in that attitude which we call rampant gardant, the French blazon it a Lion Leopardé.