A winged lion is a mythological creature found in various forms especially in Ancient and Medieval civilizations. It can refer specifically to:
- Shedu in Sumerian, Akkadian, Persian and iranian tribes mythology
- Symbol of Mark the Evangelist
- The first beast in the first vision of the Prophet Daniel
- The emblem of the Republic of Venice as the symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the Republic
- The Lion of Venice, an ancient bronze sculpture in the Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice
- Flag of the short-lived Septinsular Republic, derived from the above (Ionian Islands under Venetian rule)
- Logo of Assicurazioni Generali, derived from the above
Famous quotes containing the words winged and/or lion:
“A few years before I lived in the woods there was what was called a “winged cat” in one of the farmhouses.... This would have been the right kind of cat for me to keep, if I had kept any; for why should not a poet’s cat be winged as well as his horse?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah 11:6.