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The arms feature a red rampant lion with blue tongue and claws situated within a red double border decorated with fleurs-de-lis, known as the 'royal tressure'. The fleurs-de-lis in the tressure are traditionally said to represent the " auld alliance " with France, but this is unlikely as there are records of the tressure being used before 1295 ...
Roaring Lion (22 February 1908 – 11 July 1999) [2] was a Trinidadian calypsonian (calypso singer/composer). His 65-year career began in the early 1930s and he is best known for his compositions "Ugly Woman" (1933), " Mary Ann " and "Netty, Netty", which are still performed today.
"The roaring lion is silent – but his story has been spreading for decades from one end of the country to the other. Every child in Israel, for generations, knows the story of Joseph Trumpeldor, the story of his fallen comrades, the story of Tel Hai's heroism.
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.
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 ...
Sign of Lion in Persepolis; Achaemenid Persian relief University of Chicago Oriental Institute.. The Lion and Sun (Persian: شیر و خورشید, romanized: Šir-o Xoršid, pronounced [ˌʃiːɾo xoɾˈʃiːd]; Classical Persian: [ˌʃeːɾu xʷuɾˈʃeːd]) is one of the main emblems of Iran (), and was an element in Iran's national flag until the 1979 revolution and is still commonly used ...
Lion (heraldry) Hercules and the lion of Nemea (Louvre Museum, L 31 MN B909) Hercules Fighting the Nemean Lion (Zurbarán) The Hungry Lion Throws Itself on the Antelope; Hunters Palette; Hurrian foundation pegs
Royal Banner being flown above Holyrood Palace. Displaying a red lion rampant, with blue tongue and claws, within a red double border on a yellow background, the design of the Royal Banner of Scotland is formally specified in heraldry as: Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second, [12] meaning: A gold (Or) background, whose ...