Hercules killed the lion in the region of Nemea, as part of his Twelve Labors in Greek mythology.
A lion in Nemea.
He wore the skin of the Nemean Lion after he had to kill and skin it during the 12 Labours of Hercules.
King Eurystheus decided that Hercules had to kill the Nemean lion, that tormented the citizens of his country. Hercules was to bring him the lion's skin within a month. When he returned, the King let him keep the skin of the Nemean lion. Hercules wore it to show his courage and strength at killing one of the strongest lions that existed.
He does not have a symbol animal. However, his first labor was to kill the Nemean lion and since then he wore its skin.
The Nemean lion.
A lion in Nemea.
Fittingly in Nemea. (Peloponnesos, Greece)
Hercules killed the Nemean lion as part of his Twelve Labors assigned to him by King Eurystheus. The Nemean lion was a fierce monster terrorizing the region of Nemea, and Hercules was tasked with slaying it as his first labor.
He wore the skin of the Nemean Lion after he had to kill and skin it during the 12 Labours of Hercules.
During the 12 Labours of Hercules, he killed The Nemean Lion, The Lernean Hydra and The Stymphalian Birds
King Eurystheus decided that Hercules had to kill the Nemean lion, that tormented the citizens of his country. Hercules was to bring him the lion's skin within a month. When he returned, the King let him keep the skin of the Nemean lion. Hercules wore it to show his courage and strength at killing one of the strongest lions that existed.
There are different stories on this; he either strangled it, or shot it with a specially created arrow.
He does not have a symbol animal. However, his first labor was to kill the Nemean lion and since then he wore its skin.
In it's own cave. After Hercules blocked off one entrance, he was able to go through the open one and kill the lion.
The Nemean Lion was slain by Hercules as the first of his Twelve Labors. The lion's hide was impervious to weapons, so Hercules strangled it with his bare hands and used its own claws to skin it.
The Nemean lion.
It was one of the Labors of Hercules