it represent nothing!
The lion is there coat of arms. Like the eagle is are coat of arms.
Two, actually, the lion and the unicorn. For some reason editorial cartoonists prefer to draw lions, so unicorns are rare in symbolism as they are in life.
Lion and Unicorn
The lion is known to represent royalty. There are other symbolic meanings associated with the lion such as courage and strength.
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The lion represents courage.
The gospel of St.Matthew.
Courage
In England we also call it a Lion.
We can easily represent things as we wish them to be
libya national animal,
Demeter is represented by the lion.