Lions in religion, mythology, legends and folklore

• The Yali
  Yali (Hindu mythology)
  Yali , also known as Vyalam or Sarabham in Sanskrit, is a mythical creature seen in many Hindu temples, often sculpted onto the pillars. Yali is a mythical lion, and it has been widely used in south Indian sculpture. Descriptions of and references to yalis are very old, but they became prominent in...
  
  , a mythical lion from Hindu mythology
  Hindu mythology
  Hindu religious literature is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism, notably as contained in Sanskrit literature, such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas. As such, it is a subset of Nepali and Indian culture...
  
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• Sekhmet
  Sekhmet
  In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet , was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath created the desert...
  
  , a goddess in Egyptian mythology
  Egyptian mythology
  Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals which were an integral part of ancient Egyptian society. It centered on the Egyptians' interaction with a multitude of deities who were believed to be present in, and in control of, the forces and elements of nature...
  
   had the head of a lioness.
• Maahes
  Maahes
  Maahes was an ancient Egyptian lion-headed god of war, whose name means "he who is true beside her". He was seen as the son of a lion goddess whose nature he shared...
  
  , Egyptian lion god of war, son of Bast.
• The god Nergal
  Nergal
  The name Nergal, Nirgal, or Nirgali refers to a deity in Babylon with the main seat of his cult at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim. Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew bible as the deity of the city of Cuth : "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal"...
  
   was pictured as a lion.
• The goddess Cybele
  Cybele
  Cybele , was a Phrygian form of the Earth Mother or Great Mother. As with Greek Gaia , her Minoan equivalent Rhea and some aspects of Demeter, Cybele embodies the fertile Earth...
  
   drove a chariot pulled by lions.
• The goddess Juno
  Juno (mythology)
  Juno is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Mars and Vulcan. Juno also looked after the women of Rome. Her Greek equivalent is Hera...
  
   drove a chariot pulled by lions.
• Atalanta
  Atalanta
  Atalanta is a character in Greek mythology.-Legend:Atalanta was the daughter of Iasus , a Boeotian or an Arcadian princess . She is often described as a goddess. Apollodorus is the only one who gives an account of Atalanta’s birth and upbringing...
  
   and Melanion/Hippomenes
  Hippomenes
  In Greek mythology, Hippomenes , also known as Melanion, was the husband of Atalanta.- Overview :When men who were struck by Atalanta's beauty watched her run through the forest, she became angry and told them "I will race anyone who wants to marry me! Whoever is so swift that he can outrun me will...
  
   were turned into lions. They may have been the same lions as the ones that pulled Cybele's chariot.
• The Nemean lion
  Nemean Lion
  The Nemean lion was a vicious monster in Greek mythology that lived at Nemea. It was eventually killed by Heracles. It could not be killed with mortal weapons because its golden fur was impervious to attack...
  
  , killed by Heracles
  Heracles
  Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...
  
   in the first of his twelve labors. Earlier on, he also killed the lion of Cithaeron.
• Samson
  Samson
  Samson, Shimshon ; Shamshoun or Sampson is the third to last of the Judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Tanakh ....
  
   killed a lion in the Book of Judges
  Book of Judges
  The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...
  
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• Daniel
  Daniel
  Daniel is the protagonist in the Book of Daniel of the Hebrew Bible. In the narrative, when Daniel was a young man, he was taken into Babylonian captivity where he was educated in Chaldean thought. However, he never converted to Neo-Babylonian ways...
  
   was miraculously saved from being devoured in a lions' den in the Book of Daniel
  Book of Daniel
  The Book of Daniel is a book in the Hebrew Bible. The book tells of how Daniel, and his Judean companions, were inducted into Babylon during Jewish exile, and how their positions elevated in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. The court tales span events that occur during the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar,...
  
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• Ezekiel
  Ezekiel
  Ezekiel , "God will strengthen" , is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet...
  
   encountered four living creatures
  Tetramorph
  A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit. The term is derived from the Greek tetra, meaning four, and morph, shape....
  
   which had the face of a lion on the right side of their heads in the Book of Ezekiel
  Book of Ezekiel
  The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, following the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah and preceding the Book of the Twelve....
  
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• John of Patmos
  John of Patmos
  John of Patmos is the name given, in the Book of Revelation, as the author of the apocalyptic text that is traditionally cannonized in the New Testament...
  
   saw a living creature
  Tetramorph
  A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit. The term is derived from the Greek tetra, meaning four, and morph, shape....
  
   with a face like a lion in the Book of Revelation
  Book of Revelation
  The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
  
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• Saint Jerome
  Jerome
  Saint Jerome was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia...
  
   pulled a thorn from the paw of a lion and tamed it.
• Saint Gerasimus
  Gerasimus of Jordan
  Gerasimus of the Jordan - a Christian saint, monk and abbot of the 5th century AD. Born in the province of Lycia in Cappadocia, the southern part of Asia Minor into a wealthy family....
  
   pulled a thorn from the paw of a lion and tamed it.
• Chimera
  Chimera (mythology)
  The Chimera or Chimaera was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing female creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her...
  
  , a creature from Greek mythology
  Greek mythology
  Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
  
  , which had the front part of a lion, the midpart of a goat
  Goat
  The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
  
   and the hind part of a serpent
  Snake
  Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
  
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• The Manticore
  Manticore
  The manticore is a legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx. It has the body of a red lion, a human head with three rows of sharp teeth , and a trumpet-like voice. Other aspects of the creature vary from story to story. It may be horned, winged, or both...
  
   is a mythical creature that has the body of a lion, the face of a man and the tail of a scorpion
  Scorpion
  Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...
  
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• The Sphinx
  Sphinx
  A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...
  
   is a mythical creature that has the body of a lion, the head of a woman and the wings of an eagle
  Eagle
  Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
  
  , sometimes portrayed with the tail of a serpent.
• Leogun is a mythological creature originated in Europe and Asia. It was believed that Leogun was a "were-lion", being half-man, half-lion.

Lions in fables

• The lion in The Lion and the Mouse
  The Lion and the Mouse
  The lion and the mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 146 in the Perry Index. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition.-The fable in literature:...
  
  , a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  
• The lion in The Lion's Share
  Lion's Share
  The lion's share is an idiomatic expression which develops from a number of fables ascribed to Aesop and is now used as their generic title, although they exist in several different versions...
  
  , a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  
• The lion in The Lion and the Statue, a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  
• The lion in The Lion in Love, a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  
• The lion in The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts, a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  
• The lion in Androcles, a character in one of Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables
  Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. The fables remain a popular choice for moral education of children today...
  
  

Lions in literature

• Aslan
  Aslan
  Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...
  
  , a character in the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Published in 1950 and set circa 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Narnia and is the best known book of the series. Although it was written and published first, it is second in the series'...
  
  
• Baby, Ayla's hand-reared cave lion in the Earth's Children
  Earth's Children
  Earth's Children is a series of speculative alternative historical fiction novels written by Jean M. Auel set circa 30,000 years before present. There are six novels in the series...
  
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• The Cowardly Lion
  Cowardly Lion
  The Cowardly Lion is the main character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. He is a Lion, but he talks and interacts with humans....
  
  , a character in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a children's novel written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. Originally published by the George M. Hill Company in Chicago on May 17, 1900, it has since been reprinted numerous times, most often under the name The Wizard of Oz, which is the name of...
  
  
• The knight Yvain rescues a lion from a serpent in the medieval romance, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
  Yvain, the Knight of the Lion
  Yvain, the Knight with the Lion is a romance by Chrétien de Troyes. It was probably written in the 1170s simultaneously with Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, and includes several references to the action in that poem...
  
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• Faithful, Alanna's cat in the "song of the lioness series" by Tamora Pierce
  Tamora Pierce
  Tamora Pierce is an author of fantasy literature for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna...
  
  . He has a black coat, and unusual purple eyes which he shares with the protagonist Alanna and her twin brother Thom. The cat can talk in a voice only Alanna can hear, which reportedly still sounds like a meow, though on occasion he seems to be able to let others in on the conversation as well. He is noted for being extremely smart and usually helpful, though somewhat smug and sarcastic.
• Jad-bal-ja
  Jad-bal-ja
  Jad-bal-ja, the Golden Lion is a fictional lion character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan novels, and in adaptations of the saga to other media, particularly comics.-Character:...
  
  , a companion to Tarzan
  Tarzan
  Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
  
   in Tarzan and the Golden Lion
  Tarzan and the Golden Lion
  Tarzan and the Golden Lion is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a seven part serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly beginning in December 1922; and then as a complete novel by A.C. McClurg & Co...
  
  and other Tarzan novels.
• Pounce, Beka's feline companion in Beka Cooper -Terrier by Tamora Pierce
  Tamora Pierce
  Tamora Pierce is an author of fantasy literature for young adults. She is an alumna of the University of Pennsylvania. Best known for writing stories involving young heroines, she made a name for herself with her first quartet The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna...
  
  . A black cat with purple eyes and high intelligence who makes himself an auxiliary member of the police force.
• Wallace, a lion who ate Albert in Marriott Edgar
  Marriott Edgar
  Marriott Edgar , born George Marriot Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a poet, scriptwriter and comedian best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the 'Albert' series....
  
  's poem The Lion and Albert.

Lions in film

• Alex the Lion, in the 2005 animated movie Madagascar
  Madagascar (2005 film)
  Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked...
  
  and its sequel Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
• Aslan
  Aslan
  Aslan, the "Great Lion," is the central character in The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. He is the eponymous lion of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and his role in Narnia is developed throughout the remaining books...
  
  , a character in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Andrew Adamson and based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published and second chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's children's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of...
  
  
• Clip the lion, in the German film No lion land
• Elsa the Lioness
  Elsa the lioness
  Elsa the lioness was raised by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson in Kenya. Elsa and her two sisters, 'Big One' and 'Lustica', first came under the care of the Adamsons when only a few weeks old. They had become orphaned when George was reluctantly forced to kill their mother...
  
  , raised by Joy Adamson
  Joy Adamson
  Joy Adamson was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa...
  
   in Born Free
  Born Free
  Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood, and released her into the wilds of Kenya. The movie was produced by Open Road Films Ltd. and Columbia...
  
  
• The Cowardly Lion
  Cowardly Lion
  The Cowardly Lion is the main character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum. He is a Lion, but he talks and interacts with humans....
  
  , a character in the film The Wizard of Oz
  The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
  The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
  
  
• Jasmine, pet lion owned by Walter Coleman (Haley Joel Osment
  Haley Joel Osment
  Haley Joel Osment is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during the 1990s, including a small part in Forrest Gump playing Tom Hanks' title character’s son, Osment rose to fame with his performance as Cole Sear in M...
  
  ) - Secondhand Lions
  Secondhand Lions
  Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American dramedy film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy who is sent to live with his eccentric uncles on a farm in the U.S...
  
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• Joe and Janet, lions from the movie Zookeeper
  Zookeeper
  A zookeeper is a worker in a zoo, responsible for the feeding and daily care of the animals. As part of their routine, they clean the exhibits and report health problems...
  
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• Lambert the Sheepish Lion
  Lambert the Sheepish Lion
  Lambert the Sheepish Lion is a Disney animated short film that was released in 1951.The 8-minute film focuses on Lambert, a lion that is mistakenly left with a flock of sheep by a stork. Lambert lives his life thinking he is a sheep until he is forced to defend the flock from an attack by a hungry...
  
  , a 1951 Disney short film
• Major, the lion from the movie Napoleon and Samantha
  Napoleon and Samantha
  Napoleon and Samantha is a 1972 family/adventure/drama directed by Bernard McEveety and written by Stewart Raffill. Filmed in and around John Day, Oregon, it stars Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, and Johnny Whitaker.-Plot:...
  
  (1972)
• Samson, Ryan, a character in The Wild
  The Wild
  The Wild is a 2006 computer-animated film directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams, produced by Clint Goldman, assistant produced by Jim Burton and C.O.R.E...
  
  
• Simba
  Simba
  Simba is a lion character and the protagonist of Disney's most successful animated feature film, The Lion King. He is the son of Mufasa and Sarabi, nephew of Scar, mate of Nala, and father of Kiara. He has golden fur and when he grows into an adult, he has an auburn mane...
  
  , Nala, Mufasa, Scar, Sarabi, Sarafina and other lions in Disney's The Lion King
  The Lion King
  The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
  
  ; Kiara, Kovu, Zira, Vitani, Nuka and other lions introduced in the sequel, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
  The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
  The Lion King II: Simba's Pride is a 1998 American direct-to-video animated film released by Walt Disney Home Video on October 27, 1998. The film is the sequel to the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King...
  
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• King Leonidas of Naboombu, a lion, the world's greatest soccer player, in Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 13, 1971...
  
  
• King Seesar, the giant lion-dog statue that aids Godzilla
  Godzilla
  is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...
  
   against his mechanical clone
  Mechagodzilla
  is a fictional character from various films in the Godzilla series, introduced in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla . He is Godzilla's mechanical doppelgänger and one of the most popular Toho kaiju...
  
   in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
  Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla
  , originally known in the United States as Godzilla vs. Bionic Monster and subsequently Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster, is a 1974 science fiction kaiju film. This was the 14th of the Toho studio's Godzilla series , it was directed by Jun Fukuda with special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano and the...
  
  
• Prince John and King Richard in Robin Hood
  Robin Hood (1973 film)
  Robin Hood is an 1973 American animated film produced by the Walt Disney Productions, first released in the United States on November 8, 1973...
  
  (1973)
• Cub, a lion cub who is captured by poachers in Elephant Tales
• Linus and Suki, two lion cubs from Pride
• Xiro, Kairel, and Bruma, lions in the 2007 film Noah's Ark
  Noah's Ark (2007 film)
  Noah's Ark, El Arca in the original Spanish version, is a 2007 Argentine film directed by Juan Pablo Buscarini and based on Noah's Ark. The film focuses more on the animals' point of view. The story tends to follow the traditional biblical story; however, both the humans and the animals involved...
  
  

Lions in television

• The Lion family (Theo, Cleo, Lionel, and Leona) on Between the Lions
  Between the Lions
  Between the Lions is a PBS Kids' puppet show designed to promote reading. The show is a co-production between WGBH in Boston and Sirius Thinking, Ltd., in New York City, in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, in Mississippi. The show has won seven Daytime Emmy awards between 2001 and...
  
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• "Clarence, the cross-eyed Lion" from the TV series Daktari
  Daktari
  Daktari is an American children's drama series that aired on CBS between 1966 and 1969. The series, an Ivan Tors Films Production in association with MGM Television, stars Marshall Thompson as Dr. Marsh Tracy, a veterinarian at the fictional Wameru Study Centre for Animal Behaviour in East...
  
  

Lions in cartoon, animation and comics

• Brave Heart Lion, a Care Bear cousin
• Bumblelion, half bumblebee, half lion from The Wuzzles
  The Wuzzles
  Disney's Wuzzles is an American animated television series created for Saturday morning television, and was first broadcast on September 14, 1985 on CBS. An idea of Michael Eisner for his new Disney television animation studio, the Wuzzles are crossbred animals which sport a combined appearance of...
  
  
• Digimon
  Digimon
  , short for , is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga and video games. The franchise's eponymous creatures are monsters of various forms living in a "Digital World", a parallel universe that originated from Earth's various communication networks.-Conception and...
  
   such as Leomon (and variants GrapLeomon, LoaderLeomon, SaberLeomon and BantyoLeomon) which are lion-based.
• Drooper, lion from the Banana Splits
  Banana Splits
  The Banana Splits were four comedic animal characters who featured in a late 1960s children's variety show made for television. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle , Bingo , Drooper and Snork .The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television program that featured both...
  
  
• Kimba the White Lion
  Kimba the White Lion
  , known in the United States as Kimba the White Lion, is an anime series from the 1960s. Created by Osamu Tezuka and based on his manga of the same title which began publication in 1950, it was the first color animated television series created in Japan. The manga was first published in serialized...
  
  
• Leo Prime
  Leo Prime
  Leo Prime is a fictional character in the various Transformers universes. He is often referred to by his Japanese name Lio Convoy because his English name Leo Prime wasn't coined by Hasbro until 2006.-Beast Wars Second:...
  
   and Lio Junior
  Lio Junior
  Lio Junior is a fictional character created for the Japanese anime series and toy line Beast Wars Second, where he was voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi. He has since appeared in comics printed by IDW Publishing in the US...
  
   from Beast Wars II
  Beast Wars II
  refers to the 1998 Japanese Transformers television animated series, and the movie and toyline that resulted from it. While its position in the Transformers continuity has previously been unknown, the IDW Publishing comic book mini-series Beast Wars: The Gathering and comments from Transformers...
  
  
• Leo, Lana, Spencer, Kate and Judy from The Lionhearts
  The Lionhearts
  The Lionhearts is an animated series from MGM studios that aired on Saturday and Sunday mornings in syndication from 1998 to 2000.-Plot:The Lionhearts focuses on the behind the scenes life of MGM's mascot, Leo Lionheart, and his family. The series shows The Lionhearts living in a normal house and...
  
  
• Lionel's Kingdom
  Lionel's Kingdom
  Lionel's Kingdom is a set of fictional characters created in the 1960s-70s and appearing at the Monica's Gang comic strips. All characters are animals, with the contact with human beings hardly happening...
  
  
• Lippy Lion, in Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
• Kon a plush lion from Bleach
  Bleach (manga)
  is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Noriaki "Tite" Kubo. Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a —a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper—from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki...
  
  
• King Leonardo from King Leonardo and his Short Subjects
  King Leonardo and his Short Subjects
  King Leonardo and his Short Subjects was an animated cartoon series released in 1960 by Total Television , sponsored by General Mills.-Characters and story:...
  
  - 1960 cartoon series
• Lyle and Lana from Animal Crackers comic strip
• Leo, from the webcomic VG Cats
  VG Cats
  VG Cats is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian cartoonist Scott Ramsoomair. Published on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip. Strips are usually presented in...
  
  
• Leo the Lion, Beaky Buzzard's prey from the cartoon The Lion's Busy
  The Lion's Busy
  The Lion's Busy is a seven-minute Looney Tunes cartoon released in 1950 by Friz Freleng. It features Leo the Lion and Beaky Buzzard.The title is another play on a telephone line, as with the earlier entry, Hold the Lion, Please....
  
  
• Lion-O Lord of the ThunderCats
  ThunderCats
  ThunderCats is an American animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions debuting in 1984, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The series follows the adventures of a group of cat-like humanoid aliens...
  
  
• Greggery, Pride Rossie from My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  My Gym Partner's a Monkey
  My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Timothy and Julie McNally Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It premiered on December 26, 2005 and ended in November 27, 2008 following a marathon of its final regular-run episodes...
  
  
• Chimera Lion from Tokyo Mew Mew
  Tokyo Mew Mew
  , also known as Mew Mew Power, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Reiko Yoshida and illustrated by Mia Ikumi. It was originally serialized in Nakayoshi from September 2000 to February 2003, and later published in seven tankōbon volumes by Kodansha from February 2001 to April 2003...
  
  
• Linus the Lionhearted
  Linus the Lionhearted
  Linus the Lionhearted was an animated cartoon featuring a main character of the same name. The character was created in 1960 by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for General Foods' Post Cereals. At first, Linus was the spokesman for the short-lived Post cereal "Heart...
  
  
• Lion, the lion from Boner's Ark
  Boner's Ark
  Boner's Ark was an American comic strip created by Mort Walker, also the creator of Beetle Bailey. Walker debuted the strip under the pseudonym "Addison" on March 11, 1968. The title is a reference to Noah's Ark of Abrahamic religions....
  
  
• Lion, is episode Slap Happy Lion
  Slap Happy Lion
  Slap Happy Lion is a 1947 cartoon directed by Tex Avery and produced by Fred Quimby. It is about the tragic downfall of a lion from king of the beasts to a gibbering, pill-popping wreck. It is narrated by a mouse whose torments drove him crazy. The mouse's voice was supplied by Paul Frees...
  
   animated cartoon created by Tex Avery
  Tex Avery
  Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros...
  
   for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
  
  
• Prowl
  Prowl (Transformers)
  Prowl is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers series. "Prowl" is one of the most re-used American names in the assorted Transformers series, and its use has become almost synonymous with Autobots who possess a police car alternate mode...
  
   form the Beast Wars
  Beast Wars
  Transformers: Beast Wars is a Transformers toyline released by Hasbro between 1995 and 2000, and a Daytime Emmy Award winning full-CG animated television series spawned by it that debuted in 1996...
  
   comics
• Steeljaw
  Steeljaw
  Steeljaw is the name of several characters from the Transformers toy line and television series.-Transformers: Generation 1:He is an Autobot and part of the mini-cassette team. He takes the form of a lion...
  
   the lion cassettebot in The Transformers
• The title character in Around the World with Willy Fog
  Around the World with Willy Fog
  Around the World with Willy Fog is a cartoon adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. The cartoon was produced by Spanish studio BRB Internacional with animation by Japanese studio Nippon Animation...
  
  is portrayed as an anthropomorphic lion. In addition, two of his travelling companions (Rigadon and Princess Romy) are both portrayed as cats.
• Lion-turtle from Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Avatar: The Last Airbender
  Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. The series was created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who served as executive producers along with Aaron Ehasz...
  
  
• Parsley the Lion
  Parsley the Lion
  Parsley the Lion is a fictional character from the BBC1 children's show The Herbs, created by Michael Bond. There was a follow-up series of 5-minute episodes shown in 1970 called The Adventures of Parsley, which featured all of the other characters from the original show.-Character:He is a simple,...
  
   from children's animation series The Herbs
  The Herbs
  The Herbs is a television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company. It was written by Michael Bond , directed by Ivor Wood using 3D stop motion model animation and first transmitted from 12 February 1968 in the BBC1 Watch with Mother timeslot...
  
  

Lions in Pokémon

• Shinx - electric Pokémon
  Pokémon
  is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
  
   based on a lion cub.
• Luxio - electric Pokémon based on a young lion.
• Luxray - electric Pokémon based on an full-grown lion.
• Entei
  Entei
  is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Entei first appeared in the video games Pokémon Gold and Silver and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles, animated adaptations, and printed adaptations of the...
  
   - fire-type Legendary Pokemon based on a Chinese guardian lion.

Lions in Yu-Gi-Oh!

Yu-Gi-Oh!

is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games...

 

• Leogun
• Sleeping Lion
• Little Chimera
• Gazelle King of Mythical Beasts
• Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast
• Rare Fish
• Regulus
• Berfomet

Lions in video games

• Sphinx, the protagonist and demi-god (lion) from the game Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
  Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
  Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure video game inspired by the mythology of Ancient Egypt for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube consoles. The game was developed by Eurocom and published by THQ. It was released on November 10, 2003 in North America and...
  
  
• Griever, the G.F and legendary best, a recurring thene related to Squall Leonheart from the game Final Fantasy VIII
  Final Fantasy VIII
  is a role-playing video game released for the PlayStation in 1999 and for Windows-based personal computers in 2000. It was developed and published by Square as the Final Fantasy series' eighth title, removing magic point-based spell-casting and the first title to consistently use realistically...
  
  
• Leo, in Red Earth
• Lions are adoptable animals in Zoo Tycoon
  Zoo Tycoon
  Zoo Tycoon is a business simulation developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a tycoon game in which the player must run a zoo and try to make a profit. Although first released for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh in 2001, it was ported to the Nintendo DS in 2005...
  
  
• Lions in World Of Zoo
  World of Zoo
  World of Zoo is a life simulation video game, published by THQ and developed by Blue Fang Games, who also developed the similar Zoo Tycoon series. World of Zoo was released for Windows PC, Wii and Nintendo DS on October 26, 2009...
  
  
• "The Beast", a cattle-eating lion in Cabela's Big Game Hunter
  Cabela's Big Game Hunter (2007 video game)
  Cabela's Big Game Hunter is a video game for the PlayStation 2, Wii and Xbox 360 consoles. It was published by Activision. It features the hunting areas of Montana's Beartooth Mountains, British Columbia in Western Canada, Argentina's Patagonia Region, a savannah in the East African country of...
  
  
• Lions in the Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
  Cabela's Dangerous Hunts
  Cabela's Dangerous Hunts is a video game published by Cabela's and Activision for the PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox game consoles.-Gameplay:...
  
   games
• Lion in Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
  Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa
  Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is an simulation video game set in Africa. Players create and control African animals such as lions, elephants, zebras in this strategy game. To succeed, the player must discover the unique behaviors of each species and build food and water sources to suit them...
  
  
• Lions in Simanimals Africa
• Lions in Cabela's African Safari
  Cabela's African Safari
  Cabela's African Safari is a hunting simulation video game, in which a player can track and stalk a variety of animals on a safari over five African countries...
  
  
• Prince Leon the Kenya Lion, a rock music
  Rock music
  Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
  
   star in Brutal: Paws of Fury
  Brutal: Paws of Fury
  Brutal: Paws of Fury is a fighting video game published by GameTek Inc. in 1994. The game features a full cast of anthropomorphic animals as selectable fighters...
  
  

Lions as mascots

• The lion which represents General Motors
  General Motors
  General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
  
   Holden
  Holden
  GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...
  
   vehicles
• Lionel model trains' lion mascot
• Leo the Lion, mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
  
   film studio.
• Several mascots of FIFA World Cups:
  • World Cup Willie, mascot of the 1966 FIFA World Cup
    FIFA World Cup
    The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
    
    
  • Goleo VI, mascot of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
    FIFA World Cup
    The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
    
    
  • Daren, the D.A.R.E. lion.
• The Lion (high school mascot) from Dayspring Christian Academy in Blacksburg, VA.
• The University of North Alabama's two live lion mascots, and two costumed mascots, Leo and Una