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In Iranian mythology, the lion is a symbol of courage and monarchy. It is portrayed standing beside the kings in artifacts and sitting on the graves of knights. Imperial seals were also decorated with carved lions. The lion and sun motif is based largely on astronomical configurations, and the ancient zodiacal sign of the sun in the house of Leo.
It traditionally symbolises courage, nobility, royalty, strength, stateliness and valour, because historically the lion has been regarded as the "king of beasts". [1] The lion also carries Judeo-Christian symbolism. The Lion of Judah stands in the coat of arms of Jerusalem.
The lion head symbolises courage, strength and excellence, as well as resilience in the face of challenges. It is in solid red against a white background - the colours of the national flag . Its mane's five partings represent the same five ideals that are embodied in the five stars of the national flag, namely democracy, peace, progress ...
Alke, spirit of courage and battle-strength; Amphillogiai, goddesses of disputes; Androktasiai, spirits of battlefield slaughter; Ares, the main Greek god of war; Athena, goddess of wisdom, war strategy, and weaving; Aphrodite Areia, a goddess of war and beauty worshiped in Kythira and Sparta; Bia, personification of force and compulsion
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The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.
a spray of pondweed or algae (藻, zǎo), a symbol of brightness and purity; fire (火, huǒ), which symbolises brightness. grains of rice (粉米, fěn mǐ), which symbolises nourishment and the country's agriculture, but also wealth; an axe (黼, fǔ), symbol of courage and resolution, but also executive justice.