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  2. The Lamb (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The Lamb" is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. "The Lamb" is the counterpart poem to Blake's poem: "The Tyger" in Songs of Experience. Blake wrote Songs of Innocence as a contrary to the Songs of Experience – a central tenet in his philosophy and a central theme in his work. [1]

  3. Leo Belgicus - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Leo Belgicus was drawn by the Austrian cartographer Michaël Eytzinger in 1583, when the Netherlands were fighting the Eighty Years' War for independence. The motif was inspired by the heraldic figure of the lion, occurring in the coats of arms of several of the Netherlands, namely: Brabant, Flanders, Frisia, Guelders, Hainaut, Holland, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur and Zeeland, as ...

  4. The lamb and lion - Wikipedia

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    "The lamb with the lion" – often a paraphrase from Isaiah, and more closely quoted as "the lion and lamb", "a child will lead them", and the like – are an artistic and symbolic device, most generally related to peace. The symbol is used in both Christianity and Judaism to represent the Messianic Age. [1]

  5. Cultural depictions of lions - Wikipedia

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    Arising from heraldic use, the Red Lion is also a popular pub name, with over 600 pubs bearing the name. [89] A rarer inn name is the White Lion, derived from Edward IV of England or the Duke of Norfolk. [89] Though the lion appears on the coats of arms and flags of Lyon and León, the cities' names have an unrelated derivation despite the ...

  6. Lamb and lion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    One Day as a Lion, rock power duo using ironic reference in their name of the 1930s Italian Fascist slogan, ""Better one day as a lion than a hundred days as a lamb." "Hosanna to God and the Lamb", a hymn which includes two variants of a verse reading in part, "How blessed the day when the lamb and the lion Shall lie down together in peace with ...

  7. Category:Symbols by continent - Wikipedia

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  8. National symbols of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    [4]: 10 The lion from the top was replaced with a star in 1974, but the latter two are still present in the State seal. After 1988, lion began to appear on almost all denominations of Burmese banknotes and coins (1999). The white elephant (Burmese: ဆင်ဖြူတော်) is another symbol of state associated with the days of the ...

  9. Lists of national symbols - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of national symbols: List of national animals; List of national anthems; List of national birds; List of national dances; List of national emblems;