I believe the lion in the Spanish Coat of Arms repesents the kingdom of León, the kingdom of Castilla y León had the Castillian castle and the León lion quartered. The vertical stripes are for the Kingdom of Aragon, today used by the Catalans. The chains are for Navarra. Edit: the tiny fuit at the bottom is a pomegranate, representing Granada. So yes, 3 out of the 5 are literal representations of their name.
actually it has to do with both essentially. ishtar is 8 [point star female priestess line that is often seen depicted riding two lions and was also the known as many other names down family tree for these symbols. rome fucked up alot of basic history of peoples cultures including my own lebanese phoenician ancestors that claimed that these things came down and taught them various skills and some were dicks with flying sticks essentially. so both atlas pro is right and so is freaking aliens m8. that annoying moose haired guy is partly right to my misfortune after souring alot of etymology and symbols. people are often blind to what is right in front of them ..and hopefully in time this will change because on a selfish level it is quite maddening for the rest of us that see it. on a selfless level it comes from compassion and empathy tho.
I've heard a tale that says the Scots choose a unicorn to go on the coat of arms of the United Kingdom because it was the only animal that supposedly could kill a lion, which was the national animal of England.
@@VoidUnderTheSun the unicorn represents freedom and purity, untamable strength and power. Notice the unicorn is shackled in the uk coat of arms, representing the UK's ambition to keep Scotland under its control.
the legend of unicorns came from some bois that saw rhinos and write it down as an "Magnificent creature , with a big killing horn , legs of a elephant , that looked like an big fat horse with his head down" or something like that(they actualy used other words to describe it but i don remember) so what they write down was lost in translations , and they just picked up that looks like a horse with a horn on his head.
@@etherallullaby5482 smh USA culture is similar to european culture, and furthermore Europeans (specifically British, French, Portuguese, Spanish) influenced many people around the world, through trade and Colonism
@WE NUKES ALL You writing fiction bruh? Where did you come up that ? Nope, India has 600+ native lions in WILD. and many more in reserves and such. Also, The Lions in america aren't native to the land. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion
True - a subspecies of the African lion from a long time ago ... nonetheless Asian and thanks to the Indian government protected and still around because the British were about to kill them all ...
@kseykshoykshaksat - narsimha has non-aryan origins. perhaps he is related to ivc. also aryans were central asian not european. even the Proto Indo Europeans were from stepps. european PIEs never came to india. the asian PIEs invaded india
kseykshoykshaksat - Aryans lived in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan not Europe. So they were native to Asia but later invaded Europe and introduced IE languages
Lucifer Roman influence is humongous in Europe in general but you are definetively correct. The Romans only made it past the Rhine for a short period but never near Scandinavia. My guess would be that with the renassaince putting a big emphazis on romanticising the Romans that I believe the influence may have come from that
@Lucifer because Scandinavia is no island with a stagnant population. Where do you think christianity came from? It eventually made it to Scandinavia along with all its imagery based on greco-roman culture. And they might not have been in contact but they were in contact with Germanic tribes, who were in contact with the Romans. Trade, travel and intermarriage did the rest. I'll wager that the scandinavians and nordic countries might not have been in contact. But just because the empire did not extend north of the Rhinr doesn't mean that either society was unaware of eachother.
@@HenryDube72 They eat everything! Got to be open minded, it's worth trying their delicacies if you ever visit Australia for example Crocodile tastes a little like chicken. 🐊🐔 Also meat pies with ketchup and their coffee in Australia is 😍👌🏼
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In Czechia (Bohemia) we have a legendary king Bruncvík who according to stories decided to claim a better animal to picture it on our banners (hist father allegedly put an eagle there). He embarked on a journey around a world and at one point saved a lion by defeating a dragon. This lion accompanied him on his many travels and they together came back to Bohemia. When Bruncvík died, the lion sat on his grave, growling with sadness and died there of hunger and thirst. One of my favourite childhood stories and pretty badass legend, even tho it's derived from several other and older myths. :)
@NEGUS MBARKA Lol, The Homo Sapiens Only originated From Africa Rest, All Countries OR Region Have Different Origin of Everything.. Eg:- APPLE, STRABERRY birth place is China, Mango, Banana Origin is from India. U can't Fool around with that 2cent Knowledge.. Fool
Correction: Panthera leo is not just the name for the subspecies' of the African lions, but for the entire species of lions, including the Asiatic lions.
It’s still debated by some also even if they were different species they are far more closely related than any two modern pantherine species so calling the Cave and American lions “lions” is not entirely incorrect. It just slightly expands what our definition of lion is. Kinda like when we refer to Neanderthals as people.
Yes gir forest and now they planning to another lion reserve forest in the state of gujarat. Only place you can find Asiatic lions ... @atlas pro ... please update
You should come to Norway, our parliament has to giant lion statues guarding our parliament, and even the hill the parliament is located on is named Lionshill. Funny enough, the statues were made by an imprisoned murderer.
I think the unicorn represents Scotland...-which is worth a question but I looked up the answer that it's actually a response to the "English" Lion, the Scottish used have Lion's in their heraldry too, but the Unicorn was seen as a natural "foe" of the Lion. It is interesting that it's not a stag.
1:56 Nearly all wild lions live in sub-Saharan Africa, but one small population of Asiatic lions exists in India's Gir Forest. Asiatic lions and African lions are subspecies of the same species. Asiatic lions once prowled from the Middle East to India. Now, only a fraction of these magnificent animals survive in the wild. ( National Geographic ) Love your channel ☮
4:21 Finally! Instead of saying "after the last ice age", someone actually knows what he is talking about and uses term "glacial maximum". We are currently in the Ice Age, the Quaternary Glaciation, and we have been in one for the last 2.5 mln years and past the thermal maximum of Holocene Interglacial. People calling recent glaciation period an Ice Age is wrong. Glacial periods are not the Ice Ages! Ice age is defined by presence of permanent Ice caps on the planet poles hence we are in the Ice Age now.
@@sasukefukuda4148 No. I'am a googologist. I specialized in taxonomic identification of keyboard retards and application of internet in basic fact checking. You know I am a specialist because I can i.e correctly identify you as a keyboard midget from the family of "whataboutismus cum autoritatem". The key features of your genus are: cheap sarcasm and rhetorical invocations of authority/credentials in an effort to fend off predators.
Well, before there was a country called Romania, there were countries called Wallachia and Moldova and even before that there were THE Bulgarians who ruled that land :) Also don't forget the poor Dacians and the Goths too. Even some Hunic tribes were inhabiting the land you call now Romania. Even now you can see places whit Bulgarian names too like the Bulgarian Turgovishte whit it's variations in Serbia and Romania whit it's Trgoviste (Serbia) and Triganesti (Romania). The poor Serbians didn't even bother to change the name of the capital city Belgrad which in translation to Bulgarian means White City and the funny part is that how any culture who met the Bulgarians were depicting them :D Funny thing about Bulgaria is that no matter how angry you are whit them or how much you hate them, you really can be surprised by how much they have influenced the so called ''civilized'' world of Europe and not only. Sad thing is that even in Bulgaria there is very little information on the past of the Bulgarians and I find that very sad as much as I find them interesting. After all, they and the Greeks are to oldest living nations in the Balkans.
@@dominges here in Romania nobody hates Bulgaria or Serbia, we consider Bulgaria as our slavic brothers and a beatiful place to go to the beach, but we hate the hungarians tho...a lot...
I live in Lyon, France. The emblem of the city is a lion, which is also connected to the name of the city. I think of ancient Mesopotamia as the origin of lion iconography and the symbolism of royalty and courage. Basically the hunting of lions was reserved for their kings, and king killing lions is a classic image in ancient Mesopotamian art. This predates the Roman iconography, there's probably an influence. Another interesting thing is how lion statues are placed in front of gates of ancient Chinese buildings like guardians. I don't think lions were ever present in China, but somehow they became a symbol there too. Have you ever come across this in your research?
The name of Lyon comes from the Latin Lugdunum, which comes from a Celtic name meaning "fortress of the god Lug." The fact that it sounds like the name of the king of beasts is just a coincidence.
The Mycenaeans were definitely not the first Advanced ‘Civilization’ in Europe, so I don’t know why that was postulated. Advanced Civilizations in Greece have been present since at least between ~3500-3200BC, with the formation of the Cycladic Civilization! A little later came the Minoan Civilization that dates back up to ~3000BC. These civilizations were then supplanted by the third European civilization of the Mycenaeans in mainland Greece, which dates to ~1900BC. Also in Greece, there is archeological evidence of a very, very old culture, dating back to the first evidence of the Proto-Sesklo culture around 7500BC in what is modern day Thessaly Greece, which spread ‘culture’ (not civilization) North and then West to the rest of Europe. Now to start, in terms of civilizational accomplishments, the Cycladic Civilization had stone buildings that were multi-storied, with impressive staircases and drainage systems. As well, they were metallurgically capable and were maritime seafarers that shipped huge quantities of building materials, and traded extensively. They also produced pottery and beautiful, high quality abstract sculptures; some even life size ( th-cam.com/video/epwk71maFRc/w-d-xo.html ). - “...architectural findings of Kavos on the island of Keros in the Cycladic Islands group confirmed the existence in Early Cycladic times of a complex, stratified and technically expert society.” - “remains of the culture at the time include “impressive staircases, drainage pipes and stone buildings that reveal an advanced urban architecture without precedence for the specific period.” - “The complicated, interlinked and multi-level architecture shows the existence of a well-organised and well-built settlement on a steep promontory,” - “According to co-excavator professor Colin Renfrew, Daskalio shows that the building techniques that were applied, the existence of huge entrance gates, stone ladders and the drainage pipes throughout the island show that there must have been a specialist architect and a central administration to carry out the building programme. He said the complexity of the construction is only comparable to Knossos on Crete for the same early period, he said.” ( www.thenationalherald.com/241555/early-cycladic-society-on-keros-noted-for-architectural-wonders/ ) Next were the Minoans (~3000BC), which were really Europe’s first enigmatic, opulent and Grand Civilization, which reached its peak in 2000BC, with the construction of the Palace of Knossos ( th-cam.com/video/uAm3dsk67RE/w-d-xo.html | th-cam.com/video/eAbhVAxn340/w-d-xo.html ). The Minoans were the first to invent underground plumbing and sewage systems, internal advanced heating systems and also created anti-seismic (earthquake resistant) buildings. They were also the first people in Europe to create paved roads. This civilization also produced exquisite pottery and jewelry, advanced metalworking (one of the first to produce iron for jewelry), as well as producing a laborious and expensive purple dye. Most of these items were also exported to places like Egypt, and they were very well sought-after ( th-cam.com/video/3RmKZV-Kvfk/w-d-xo.html ). The Minoans were also a dominant naval power in the Mediterranean.
Ahmed Osman, All civilizations seem to have something interesting about them and to put others down - especially out of the blue like you did seems to hint at some sort of resentment. Maybe based off of jealousy? Who knows
I'm from Greece and when i was in school, they took us for a visit in Acropolis Museum, Athens. While they were showing us the statues, i noticed that of a lion and asked the guide how the ancients thought of making a statue of a lion since lions don't live in Greece. She replied me that at the time of Ancient Greece lions used to live all across Europe, not only in Greece.That's how people all across Europe have inducted lions in their mythologies and traditions.
But the Lions won't be back for a while. They Reintroduce Wolves, Wild Cats and Jackals and they're Lion's deadly competitors. Prey Species like Wild Boar and Roe Deer are Reintroduced to the Greek Peninsula.
There's also the biblical influence, where, amongst other symbols, the Lion of Judah is the biblical emblem of the tribe of Judah and the later Kingdom of Judah.
At biblical times lion existed in the Jordan valley. Actually Lions are well documented in Arabic literature in that area will into 1000 AD. They went extinct from the Arabian peninsula in 1930
Kind of. Without the Christianizing of the Roman empire, however, it's possible lions would've become more associated with the Jews than with Christian European nations.
Vitor Avila; you could also say that the greyhound was influenced by biblical influence, yet, unlike the lion not being in Europe, the greyhound was, the three lions on the royal crest used to be greyhounds! While I do agree "the lion of Judah"; would have Judaism been spread through Europe by then?
@@chrisbennett606 they're still lions... And look like Lions... Well The point is, the creator missed out on Native population of asiatic lions still present in India. He said lions are only native to African countries.
Lions are found in India as well! Asiatic lions even though endangered can pe found in the Gir Forest in India. Hopefully through conservation there will he a come back of population
@@Psychoactive010 I'll have to rewatch the video to confirm what you say but since i have mentioned the absence of the Asiatic lion, it probably is the case. Further i believe the video was more about the obsession of lions in Europe. In anycase i can't say much as this i watched an year ago.
I’m so happy to see this, me and my best mate share an instagram page where we post pictures of odd looking lions we spot in old paintings and as statues! It began as a joke but I really enjoy it as an Easter egg hunt
I loved this video ❤ Very informative, clear and not annoying narrated, to the point and with some very satisfying typewriter sounds. I've learnt something today
In Spain we even have a province named "León" (Lion) that's a part of the Castilla y León ("Castle" and Lion) Community. Of course all the imagery of these areas is represented with lions.
At 1:00 you claim that the Mycenaeans were the oldest group in Europe to show signs of an advanced civilization but I would argue that their predecessor, the Minoans, showed signs of an advanced civilization as well. They had well constructed cities including Knossos, and there is evidence of them trading oils with ancient Egypt and other civilizations around the Mediterranean. Although they may have not been the most violent people, as far as we know, they certainly had all aspects of an established civilization.
When you think about the deforestation and massive extinctions in Europe you realize how much of it is just man-made: the landscapes, how rivers flow etc.
@@chrisper94 your right but the way you phrase it, makes it seem wars are exclusive to Europe which is not true. but what is true is that Europeans are the best at fighting wars. so...... stay mad lol
@@chrisper94 Whoever you are or wherever you live: next time you take a train, drive a car, go voting, express your free opinion, enjoy modern medicine, read a novel, ... you can thank mother Europe. If you open that up to European-descended nations like the USA, you can add the internet, telephones, electric lighting and the airplane to that list.
Man! Congratulations for the quality of your research in the production of your videos. I am actually delighted with the combination of a fast rhythm and the amount of data you gather to inform your viewers/audience. You got my subscription immediately!
That moment when you realize that the Heracles tales are so old that lions don't even exist in Greece anymore. Edit: And that it's a relatively modern story compared to how old humans are.
I haven't finished the video yet but that was my first thought was that Greece and much of Europe touching the Mediterranean sea had Lion populations everywhere. Glad I saw someone mention the Heracles Labor.
@@leonidasxix4200 and the fact that Lion populations in Greece were decimated as a result because young greek men wanted to emulate the labors of Heracles
Welcome back, AP. This project scoping-out cultural artifacts is a welcome departure from scoping out word origins. How about doing one on eagles, as a follow-up? Or, how about delving into where the expression "Lion, king of beasts" comes from?
I think india also has a tiny asian lion population that only exists in a protected national park. And fun fact we also had lions over here in north america called the American Lion which was a subspecies of the eurasian lion but grew a little bigger and was even heavier than the smilodon :D
The American lion was actually a distinct species in it of itself that is descended from the Eurasian cave lion. So at one point, North America had two enormous lion species.
@@sonikku956 yeah my bad. I think I used sub species in the wrong context even though I know that the american lion branched off from the eurasian lion
Besides flags, Romanian currency ("leu") and Bulgarian ("leva") means the same thing: "lion" (because of some old Dutch or Netherland money featuring a lion)
You forgot Ukraine! There is lion on big version of national emblem. Moreover, one of the best and the biggest cities in Ukraine - Lviv, called after lion!
Živela Srbija so polish city, that it was established by Ukrainian King Danylo (Daniel) and named after his elder son. Lviv was conquered by Polish Casimir III almost a hundred years later.
@@boyanignjatovic4175it was a part of Poland for some period of time, but it was established by a Ruthenian ruler, and is now a Ukrainian city. I agree it has a lot of historical and cultural influence from Poland, but it's really not a Polish city.
In Bulgaria the Currency is called "Lev" which is an old word for lion. Not only that in Sofia (the capital) there is a bridge called The Lion's Bridge which has 2 lion statues on each end 🇧🇬🇧🇬
1:58 "Lions today are found entirely within Africa." Wrong. Asiatic lions live in the Gir forests of Indian state of Gujarat. The last remaining habitat of Asiatic Lions. Also _Panther Leo_ is not the scientific name of the African lions. It's used for both African as well as Asian lions.
@@joshsmith6665 Wikipedia says the African lions moved to West Asia about 118,000 years ago and are today's Asiatic lions. I think it is pretty safe to say that they're native.
There are a lot of lions in Swiss iconography as well : canton of Thurgau, a bunch of cities (Lausanne, Dompierre, Martigny, etc.) or ancient families (family de Blonay, for example). Another very interesting lion is the Lion monument of Lucerne. There is also a point you did not mention in your documentary : lions overtook bears as king of animals in european iconography when Church associated bears with devil !
I’d like to mention a phenomenon which is a bit out-of-topic here: Lions in China. China has no indigenous lions neither but the symbols of lion can be found commonly. So in both regions (Europe n China) the lion culture perhaps started with the emperors. After all, who wouldn’t be impressed after seeing a real lion in fight? That’s just what I observed.
Once you realize the Chinese have a lot of dragon imagery but there are no dragons anywhere it starts making a lot more sense to see Lion imagery in Europe
On the stairs leading to my old synagogue there were a pair of stone lions guarding them. Also on the top of the Holy Ark where the Torah scrolls were kept, there was a kind of sculpture of the Twin Tablets of the 10 Commandments and there were two lions on each side holding them. Lions existed in Israel during Biblical times. The lion is the symbol of the Tribe of Judah and the Royal House of David. Aryeh meaning lion is a common Hebrew first name and last names like Ben-Gurion and Gur-Arie which are lion related are somewhat prevalent.
For a North American example, the Grizzly Bear's range used to extend south into Mexico. California's state flag famously features a Grizzly Bear. No wild grizzlies now live in California.
@@nadiaparamita101 they are endangered and are batley clinging on most lions are found in Africa and there are a lot more lions and different lion species in Africa that’s why there’s more India only has one which is the asiatic lion
Lions are native to India and live there today. In Persia/Iran, the last lion pride was killed off only in 1962. So, the Asian lions are forgotten in this video. Pls include. Also the lion iconography is soooo common in the Middle East and all of Asia outside China. (also the name "lion" is found in soooo many human names in Europe, no)
You have forgotten another, the most important, reason: Christianization. Prior to Christianization, European power animals would be native Euro animals: The Cock / Rooster (Still surviving in Gallic parts of Europe, such as France and Wallonia), the Bear and the Wolf. The Bear and the Wolf therefore had "pagan" connotations. the Christian church decided to replace them in European imagery with a more Biblical animal, which would be the Lion, recall also "the lion of Judah". This is why the Lion replaced the Bear and the Wolf. One writer who wrote extensively on this is the French writer Pastoureau, whose works have also been partially translated into English.
Can you imagine lions not having been hunted to extinction in europe...I mean... Where would they live if they had survived to this day? What would their prey be? I think loss of habitat would've driven them out if hunting them did'nt do the trick.
by DNA mutation analysis, cats arrived at their present form 25 million years ago and haventseen any reason to change, since, it works that well for them. by contrast, we havent been around even a million years, so cats had the world to themselves for a loooooong time before they had to meet with thelikes of us. so europe and the temperate world was open to wherever they wanted to go, and wherever there was something good to hunt, kill and eat.
I want to know about the history of lions in Japan, there are loads of statues of lions, outside temples etc, but they're quite unrealistic, although very cool
@@KhanMann66 You reckon its from that long ago? the cultural memory of Asian lions? You think Japanese sculptors had just heard centuries-old descriptions of lions from the Chinese and thats why they look so unreal? so fuckin cool
I guess the idea of lion iconography was imported from indian or chinese bhuddist missioners, cause during bhudda time lions were common in indian forest n buddhist scripture frequently mentions lions in their discourse
Shout out to the historical European kingdom of... León.
For those people who don't know, it means "Lion" in spanish. Literally, a kingdom's name is Lion. That's so cool.
And Lviv
I believe the lion in the Spanish Coat of Arms repesents the kingdom of León, the kingdom of Castilla y León had the Castillian castle and the León lion quartered. The vertical stripes are for the Kingdom of Aragon, today used by the Catalans. The chains are for Navarra. Edit: the tiny fuit at the bottom is a pomegranate, representing Granada. So yes, 3 out of the 5 are literal representations of their name.
But León does not take its name from any lion. It's just the evolution from "Legio" which was because there was a roman legion over the area.
@@carlosporrasrodriguez8084 Presumably the lion coat of arms is newer than the name.
Why there´s so much Lions depicted in Europe?
Atlas Pro: Romans
History Channell: Freacking Aliens m8
Aliens aliens everywhere!!
or Illuminati
actually it has to do with both essentially. ishtar is 8 [point star female priestess line that is often seen depicted riding two lions and was also the known as many other names down family tree for these symbols. rome fucked up alot of basic history of peoples cultures including my own lebanese phoenician ancestors that claimed that these things came down and taught them various skills and some were dicks with flying sticks essentially. so both atlas pro is right and so is freaking aliens m8. that annoying moose haired guy is partly right to my misfortune after souring alot of etymology and symbols. people are often blind to what is right in front of them ..and hopefully in time this will change because on a selfish level it is quite maddening for the rest of us that see it. on a selfless level it comes from compassion and empathy tho.
@@stephenenders2066 wut
Many actually used to live in that area thousands of years ago. Sadly man killed them all off along with the wolves & a lot of other animals.
Atlas Pro: Asks why there's a lion on the UK coat of arms when none live there in the wild.
Me: Looks at the unicorn opposite it.
@Carlo Cocciolo well if unicorns exist they're probably trying to hide from humans on mountain tops
I've heard a tale that says the Scots choose a unicorn to go on the coat of arms of the United Kingdom because it was the only animal that supposedly could kill a lion, which was the national animal of England.
@@VoidUnderTheSun the unicorn represents freedom and purity, untamable strength and power. Notice the unicorn is shackled in the uk coat of arms, representing the UK's ambition to keep Scotland under its control.
the legend of unicorns came from some bois that saw rhinos and write it down as an "Magnificent creature , with a big killing horn , legs of a elephant , that looked like an big fat horse with his head down" or something like that(they actualy used other words to describe it but i don remember) so what they write down was lost in translations , and they just picked up that looks like a horse with a horn on his head.
@@kagifilms5661 If it was lost in translation, how do you know? *insert thinking smiley*
Atlas pro: why do you have lions on things
Europeans: *I just think they're neat*
And they totally are.
@@zwartvalk2738 USA has no culture
@@polygonalfortress Dude USA is filled with people from all over the world. So basically you're saying that no one has any culture.
@@etherallullaby5482 smh USA culture is similar to european culture, and furthermore Europeans (specifically British, French, Portuguese, Spanish) influenced many people around the world, through trade and Colonism
@@zwartvalk2738 That came out of nowhere
Lions also exist in India, although very very endangered
Yeah I don't know why he didn't mention that.
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THAT'S wonderful to hear!!!
We must preserve the diversity of Earth.
If we don't take action all of Earth's Megafauna will perish.
@@Ratchet4647 FACTS
Protect my lions
Lions exist in India in curry
"I lion's head atop a human's body.'
Even prehistoric humans had furries, goddangit
damn those furry timetravelers have their furr covered hands in everything
Even before that in Vedic culture, Narasimha(half lion half man) Incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
I know right? I don't know why people are so shocked about furries when they've been around centuries ago...
@Isaiah Garza Oh god, don't remind me 😂
Raul Quiroz because they’re degenerate
Wild lIons today are found entirely within Africa?
Nope, a few left in India too.
Some in Nepal also i think
@@charleyboblings4538 I know they have cloud leopards there, don't know about lions.
@WE NUKES ALL You writing fiction bruh? Where did you come up that ?
Nope, India has 600+ native lions in WILD. and many more in reserves and such.
Also, The Lions in america aren't native to the land.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion
WE NUKES ALL Leave America out of this. Lions are not native there.
Borussia Germania We do have cougars though...
1:01 .. Mycenaeans were the first, you say?
*Laughs in Minoan*
Laughs in Minotaur.
The first to use Lions were the Mycenaean, but yes the Minoans were the first over all.
*Laughs in Linear A
Laughs in Vincian
Minoans, that's bull, you cretan. :)
There are lions native to India, too - the Asiatic Lion
"The Asiatic Lion Census conducted in 2017 revealed about 650 individuals."
- Wikipedia
And the oldest Lion worshiping happened in India, Narasimha!
True - a subspecies of the African lion from a long time ago ... nonetheless Asian and thanks to the Indian government protected and still around because the British were about to kill them all ...
@kseykshoykshaksat - narsimha has non-aryan origins.
perhaps he is related to ivc.
also aryans were central asian not european.
even the Proto Indo Europeans were from stepps.
european PIEs never came to india.
the asian PIEs invaded india
kseykshoykshaksat - Aryans lived in Afghanistan and Kazakhstan not Europe. So they were native to Asia but later invaded Europe and introduced IE languages
@kseykshoykshaksat - indo-iranians are aryans lol.
other indo-europeans are not aryans.
Question: Why in Europe is there.....
Answer: The Romans
Pretty much the unniversal anwser lol, even had my expectations before watchihnh the vid
Lucifer Roman influence is humongous in Europe in general but you are definetively correct. The Romans only made it past the Rhine for a short period but never near Scandinavia.
My guess would be that with the renassaince putting a big emphazis on romanticising the Romans that I believe the influence may have come from that
@Lucifer because Scandinavia is no island with a stagnant population. Where do you think christianity came from? It eventually made it to Scandinavia along with all its imagery based on greco-roman culture. And they might not have been in contact but they were in contact with Germanic tribes, who were in contact with the Romans. Trade, travel and intermarriage did the rest. I'll wager that the scandinavians and nordic countries might not have been in contact. But just because the empire did not extend north of the Rhinr doesn't mean that either society was unaware of eachother.
Or the Moors
Question: Why in Europe is there...
Answer: The Greeks
Romans: "Let's adopt Lions as an image of power and respect and then kill them in the arena"
The duality of man.
Astonishing isn't it
That's what made an arena battle so special, it's overcoming the mighty beast that is a lion
@Quadraxis ^^^This.
@Heorteji Australians eat Wallabies? 😳
@@HenryDube72 They eat everything! Got to be open minded, it's worth trying their delicacies if you ever visit Australia for example Crocodile tastes a little like chicken. 🐊🐔 Also meat pies with ketchup and their coffee in Australia is 😍👌🏼
In Czechia (Bohemia) we have a legendary king Bruncvík who according to stories decided to claim a better animal to picture it on our banners (hist father allegedly put an eagle there). He embarked on a journey around a world and at one point saved a lion by defeating a dragon. This lion accompanied him on his many travels and they together came back to Bohemia. When Bruncvík died, the lion sat on his grave, growling with sadness and died there of hunger and thirst. One of my favourite childhood stories and pretty badass legend, even tho it's derived from several other and older myths. :)
Beautiful
Hope you enjoyed your time in Europe! Greetings from Europe and keep up the good work!
@Stellvia Heonheim Have a nice day, mate :)
ozeppeo where in Europe? Need to be more specific mate
Stellvia Heonheim probably an American pissed about his 10,000$ medical bill
@Stellvia Heonheim Up fuck the shut-ins
@@FirstNameLastName-xv2rf right
1:57 Actually there is a very small habitat of native Asian lions in Gujarat, India
@NEGUS MBARKA nope, asiatic lions are different subspecies.
Spread them like butter
@NEGUS MBARKA Not every living thing originates from Africa... for instance, bears.
@NEGUS MBARKA lol, ARE PANDA origin from AFRICA..? Or Penguin..?
CHINA or ANTARCTICA won't like it..
@NEGUS MBARKA Lol, The Homo Sapiens Only originated From Africa Rest, All Countries OR Region Have Different Origin of Everything.. Eg:- APPLE, STRABERRY birth place is China, Mango, Banana Origin is from India. U can't Fool around with that 2cent Knowledge.. Fool
Actually, we do have lions in India. Although, they are endangered and need to be protected.
@@lepmuhangpa nah
@@nicerock5506 Ah, shit. You're right. The Asiatic lion. It was pretty spread out but now is only in Gujurat.
@@nicerock5506 go google yourself.
@@LuckySingh-ln9ox i’m right
To be fair, there are no stars on Earth but they're still on plenty of flags
touche
To be fair if there were stars on Earth there wouldn't be an Earth. :P
To be fair, stars can be seen pretty much anywhere on earth whilst living lions could only naturally be seen in Africa.
HonestGhost there are also lions in india, though they are rare
@@riverAmazonNZ I have only heard of Tigers in India but I'm not that surprised to hear lion exist there as well.
It seems fair.
Correction: Panthera leo is not just the name for the subspecies' of the African lions, but for the entire species of lions, including the Asiatic lions.
I'm pretty sure the African lion is Panthera leo leo, taxonomically
The Eurasian cave and American lion are legitimately different species at this point.
It’s still debated by some also even if they were different species they are far more closely related than any two modern pantherine species so calling the Cave and American lions “lions” is not entirely incorrect. It just slightly expands what our definition of lion is. Kinda like when we refer to Neanderthals as people.
Im confused, so the Eurasian Cave lion is the Asiatic Lion - and it is a subspecies of Panthera Leo - African lion?
@@domsquaaa4323 The Eurasian cave lion is a different species: think the American and Asiatic black bear.
A lion 10% larger than usual.... imagine finding THAT kitty in a cave while you and your mates are having the paleolithic version of a cold one
You must see how an Atlas lion look like ! 😉
@@inzasauce5939 isn't it extinct?
"Ahhh! I'm 10% more fucked!"
It’s the Paleolithic. Every day was a cold one
Imagine seeing the cave bear.
1:57 Lions are Entirely found in Africa .
Gir Forest : Am I a joke to you ?
Zakir Husain yes and there were Barbary lions til like 1920s in Morocco green parts of North Africa
@@nogamblinge2671 I meant Gir Forest in India has a population of 600+ lions .
See this en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion
Yes gir forest and now they planning to another lion reserve forest in the state of gujarat. Only place you can find Asiatic lions ... @atlas pro ... please update
@@MrNecryptic lol, its 560+ ..
Hope you had a great trip! I'll keep my eyes open for lion iconography here in Berlin.
Hi there dude)
I apologize in advance for you being unable to see anything BUT lions after this
You should come to Norway, our parliament has to giant lion statues guarding our parliament, and even the hill the parliament is located on is named Lionshill. Funny enough, the statues were made by an imprisoned murderer.
well the Siegestor in Berlin has on top a roman dude riding a carriage with 4 Lions instead of horses
@@Celine.G. it has but it also is in Munich
The United Kingdom's coat of arms has a Lion and a Unicorn, and we need to ask about the Lion?
I think the unicorn represents Scotland...-which is worth a question but I looked up the answer that it's actually a response to the "English" Lion, the Scottish used have Lion's in their heraldry too, but the Unicorn was seen as a natural "foe" of the Lion. It is interesting that it's not a stag.
@@jakeryan4545 Interesting. Because the old Scottish coat of arms bore a red lion in pride of place on crest, and two unicorn supporters.
I'm just wondering why no one has dragons
@@meghanachauhan9380 wales has a dragon on the flag
Indian lions
1:56
Nearly all wild lions live in sub-Saharan Africa, but one small population of Asiatic lions exists in India's Gir Forest. Asiatic lions and African lions are subspecies of the same species. Asiatic lions once prowled from the Middle East to India. Now, only a fraction of these magnificent animals survive in the wild.
( National Geographic )
Love your channel ☮
It's sad really. But we can't really blame humans. Lions kill human kids and cattle whenever possible
@@meghanachauhan9380 cause they lack of food🗿
Actually from North Africa to bengal, Barbary lion was more Asian than african
thankfully there population has increased
In Romania, our currency is called "leu", which literally means lion!
MLGfilming and the funniest thing is , lions don’t use money
Control
I learned something new today
In Bulgeria is лев (lev) a bit more Slavic but still.
We have lions as currency.
That's why maybe it doesn't stay in the pockets of Romanians.
Europe: *saw a lion once*
Also Europe: It defines who I am!
@@zozidedodo780 its a reference to the incresibles 2 when the fast kid said it
@@MagikarpMan
yeah am not so big on references, thanks 😅
It‘s funny because this is basically every basic european chick who has been in South East Asia once.
@@MichaelSmith-bh7oh just Europeans hmmm? Looks and north America
You just missed the whole video didnt you?
Humans: I love lions
Also Humans: I am about to end this entire species whole career
Ffs let that tiredass meme die.
Guess what currency romanians have ?
Leu... which literally means "lion"
here, have three lions for that cup of coffee 😂
Marc Frank
Pretty much I guess :)
@@marc_frank yeah, and that price is right for a coffee:))
True :) Just like Bulgarians by the way..
ᏰĪᏝᏝ ՇÎρɧᏋƦ the one out of my moms purse
4:21 Finally! Instead of saying "after the last ice age", someone actually knows what he is talking about and uses term "glacial maximum". We are currently in the Ice Age, the Quaternary Glaciation, and we have been in one for the last 2.5 mln years and past the thermal maximum of Holocene Interglacial. People calling recent glaciation period an Ice Age is wrong. Glacial periods are not the Ice Ages! Ice age is defined by presence of permanent Ice caps on the planet poles hence we are in the Ice Age now.
Wow! Thanks for the info. Are you a geologist?
@@sasukefukuda4148 No. I'am a googologist. I specialized in taxonomic identification of keyboard retards and application of internet in basic fact checking. You know I am a specialist because I can i.e correctly identify you as a keyboard midget from the family of "whataboutismus cum autoritatem". The key features of your genus are: cheap sarcasm and rhetorical invocations of authority/credentials in an effort to fend off predators.
@@sodalitia everytime I try to write retard I am censored by google. Let’s see if this sticks.
When Atlas Pro uploads a video
*_The Return of the King_*
Évariste Galois 6:11 golem
In Romania our curracy is called "leu" that literally means lion, for exemple: when I go to buy bread the lady say "this bread will be 6 lions"
Also in Bulgaria! Our currency is called "lev", which is an old form of the world for lion. 🙂
Expensive bread mate ^^
@@danielc.freteval5685 ironic , cuz 6 lei(lei is the plural of leu) would be like 1 dolar and 5 cents
Well, before there was a country called Romania, there were countries called Wallachia and Moldova and even before that there were THE Bulgarians who ruled that land :) Also don't forget the poor Dacians and the Goths too. Even some Hunic tribes were inhabiting the land you call now Romania. Even now you can see places whit Bulgarian names too like the Bulgarian Turgovishte whit it's variations in Serbia and Romania whit it's Trgoviste (Serbia) and Triganesti (Romania). The poor Serbians didn't even bother to change the name of the capital city Belgrad which in translation to Bulgarian means White City and the funny part is that how any culture who met the Bulgarians were depicting them :D Funny thing about Bulgaria is that no matter how angry you are whit them or how much you hate them, you really can be surprised by how much they have influenced the so called ''civilized'' world of Europe and not only. Sad thing is that even in Bulgaria there is very little information on the past of the Bulgarians and I find that very sad as much as I find them interesting. After all, they and the Greeks are to oldest living nations in the Balkans.
@@dominges here in Romania nobody hates Bulgaria or Serbia, we consider Bulgaria as our slavic brothers and a beatiful place to go to the beach, but we hate the hungarians tho...a lot...
I live in Lyon, France. The emblem of the city is a lion, which is also connected to the name of the city.
I think of ancient Mesopotamia as the origin of lion iconography and the symbolism of royalty and courage. Basically the hunting of lions was reserved for their kings, and king killing lions is a classic image in ancient Mesopotamian art. This predates the Roman iconography, there's probably an influence.
Another interesting thing is how lion statues are placed in front of gates of ancient Chinese buildings like guardians. I don't think lions were ever present in China, but somehow they became a symbol there too. Have you ever come across this in your research?
In Africa the two lions or the twin lions on main entrance represent yesterday and tomorrow and so as you enter you represent today.
Ancient Persia/Iran/Kurd/Lurs.
Good point
The name of Lyon comes from the Latin Lugdunum, which comes from a Celtic name meaning "fortress of the god Lug." The fact that it sounds like the name of the king of beasts is just a coincidence.
You can visit my channel I have the reason why the lion is so revered in many places
The Mycenaeans were definitely not the first Advanced ‘Civilization’ in Europe, so I don’t know why that was postulated.
Advanced Civilizations in Greece have been present since at least between ~3500-3200BC, with the formation of the Cycladic Civilization!
A little later came the Minoan Civilization that dates back up to ~3000BC. These civilizations were then supplanted by the third European civilization of the Mycenaeans in mainland Greece, which dates to ~1900BC.
Also in Greece, there is archeological evidence of a very, very old culture, dating back to the first evidence of the Proto-Sesklo culture around 7500BC in what is modern day Thessaly Greece, which spread ‘culture’ (not civilization) North and then West to the rest of Europe.
Now to start, in terms of civilizational accomplishments, the Cycladic Civilization had stone buildings that were multi-storied, with impressive staircases and drainage systems. As well, they were metallurgically capable and were maritime seafarers that shipped huge quantities of building materials, and traded extensively. They also produced pottery and beautiful, high quality abstract sculptures; some even life size ( th-cam.com/video/epwk71maFRc/w-d-xo.html ).
- “...architectural findings of Kavos on the island of Keros in the Cycladic Islands group confirmed the existence in Early Cycladic times of a complex, stratified and technically expert society.”
- “remains of the culture at the time include “impressive staircases, drainage pipes and stone buildings that reveal an advanced urban architecture without precedence for the specific period.”
- “The complicated, interlinked and multi-level architecture shows the existence of a well-organised and well-built settlement on a steep promontory,”
- “According to co-excavator professor Colin Renfrew, Daskalio shows that the building techniques that were applied, the existence of huge entrance gates, stone ladders and the drainage pipes throughout the island show that there must have been a specialist architect and a central administration to carry out the building programme. He said the complexity of the construction is only comparable to Knossos on Crete for the same early period, he said.”
( www.thenationalherald.com/241555/early-cycladic-society-on-keros-noted-for-architectural-wonders/ )
Next were the Minoans (~3000BC), which were really Europe’s first enigmatic, opulent and Grand Civilization, which reached its peak in 2000BC, with the construction of the Palace of Knossos ( th-cam.com/video/uAm3dsk67RE/w-d-xo.html | th-cam.com/video/eAbhVAxn340/w-d-xo.html ).
The Minoans were the first to invent underground plumbing and sewage systems, internal advanced heating systems and also created anti-seismic (earthquake resistant) buildings. They were also the first people in Europe to create paved roads. This civilization also produced exquisite pottery and jewelry, advanced metalworking (one of the first to produce iron for jewelry), as well as producing a laborious and expensive purple dye. Most of these items were also exported to places like Egypt, and they were very well sought-after ( th-cam.com/video/3RmKZV-Kvfk/w-d-xo.html ).
The Minoans were also a dominant naval power in the Mediterranean.
Sesklo is in volos my mothers City 😎😎😎
@@adal5212 it is irrelevant what you think he was simply pointing out correctly that mycenean culture was not the first advanced European culture
Ahmed Osman, All civilizations seem to have something interesting about them and to put others down - especially out of the blue like you did seems to hint at some sort of resentment. Maybe based off of jealousy? Who knows
Ahmed Osman hahaha loving the trollers
kseykshoykshaksat - this is idiotic bruh
I'm from Greece and when i was in school, they took us for a visit in Acropolis Museum, Athens. While they were showing us the statues, i noticed that of a lion and asked the guide how the ancients thought of making a statue of a lion since lions don't live in Greece. She replied me that at the time of Ancient Greece lions used to live all across Europe, not only in Greece.That's how people all across Europe have inducted lions in their mythologies and traditions.
@You're under 19 don't argue they had to Reintroduced Panthera Leo to Greece.
But the Lions won't be back for a while. They Reintroduce Wolves, Wild Cats and Jackals and they're Lion's deadly competitors. Prey Species like Wild Boar and Roe Deer are Reintroduced to the Greek Peninsula.
The Trials of Heracles and the Nemean Lion.
4:03 In India he is called Narasimha
Nara - Man
Simha - lion
And there are still lions left in India Asiatic lions of course ,smaller in size
Ah narasimha the king. I love how Hinduism uses imagery to spread ideas instead of using words like abrahamic religions
@@meghanachauhan9380 too bad europe lost it's old religion
@@arandomguy3288 europe didn't lose it. It was raped into Christianity
There's also the biblical influence, where, amongst other symbols, the Lion of Judah is the biblical emblem of the tribe of Judah and the later Kingdom of Judah.
At biblical times lion existed in the Jordan valley. Actually Lions are well documented in Arabic literature in that area will into 1000 AD. They went extinct from the Arabian peninsula in 1930
Sure but it's not like there's been much biblical influence on europe.
@@oscarnemo8084 Oh yeah no Biblical influence at all. /s
Kind of. Without the Christianizing of the Roman empire, however, it's possible lions would've become more associated with the Jews than with Christian European nations.
Vitor Avila; you could also say that the greyhound was influenced by biblical influence, yet, unlike the lion not being in Europe, the greyhound was, the three lions on the royal crest used to be greyhounds!
While I do agree "the lion of Judah"; would have Judaism been spread through Europe by then?
Native lions in wild still exists in Indian state of Gujarat, the last home for Asiatic Lion.
vintage game not the same as African lions
Different species
@@chrisbennett606 they're still lions... And look like Lions... Well The point is, the creator missed out on Native population of asiatic lions still present in India. He said lions are only native to African countries.
@@jignesh143parmar 👍
Lions are found in India as well! Asiatic lions even though endangered can pe found in the Gir Forest in India.
Hopefully through conservation there will he a come back of population
It's funny because these are probably the same lions we are discussing in this video
@@Psychoactive010 I'll have to rewatch the video to confirm what you say but since i have mentioned the absence of the Asiatic lion, it probably is the case. Further i believe the video was more about the obsession of lions in Europe. In anycase i can't say much as this i watched an year ago.
For your kind information,India has also the last Asiatic lion in the Gir forest of Gujarat.
1:53 In India we still have some lions, I think they're called Asiatic Lions.
Yes we do have lions. We do have the Asiatic lions. But they too are endangered, and we need to protect them.
@@nm9864 they have national protection. Also tigers, it's illegal to kill tigers. Won't help much tho as humans and lions constantly keep fighting
@project aarya Yes, amhi lionla sinha/simha mhanto
I’m so happy to see this, me and my best mate share an instagram page where we post pictures of odd looking lions we spot in old paintings and as statues! It began as a joke but I really enjoy it as an Easter egg hunt
I have the history of lions of why they are called king of the beasts
I was literally just thinking: 'I wonder when Atlas Pro will upload another video?' And then the notification popped up lol
Psychic powers?
I was thinking it yesterday
Boolsheet
I live in Flanders, so I see lions everywhere, just the university library has more than 12 lion statues in its façade.
Right on!
@@WhateverNameIsStillAvailable ik zie ze nergens in zuid holland😂
@@pjotrvanmoorsel9433 nochthans ook een leeuw op jullie vlag, rood op geel ;p reverse lannisters ;)
@@roelantverhoeven371 dat klopt
@@WhateverNameIsStillAvailable mafkees
I loved this video ❤ Very informative, clear and not annoying narrated, to the point and with some very satisfying typewriter sounds. I've learnt something today
I was immediately reminded of the Premier League logo in English football.
Still honouring the first stadiums
Chelsea and aston villa
@@zozidedodo780 And panserraikos
The English national team is also named "The Lions".
@@HerewardWake I meant to say the "Three Lions". I know the British & Irish Lions, I'm looking forward to see them take on the Springboks. 🇿🇦
Your modern range of wild lions excluded India? You forgot asiatic lions are still roaming Gir National Park, dude.
In Spain we even have a province named "León" (Lion) that's a part of the Castilla y León ("Castle" and Lion) Community. Of course all the imagery of these areas is represented with lions.
One correction for no spaniards
Castilla means "Land of castles"
@@christiano9693 in Italy we don’t have that word anymore. Maybe in latin. I mean a word for land of castles. 😢
León's name actually comes from "legión", as it used to be a roman camp
@@Viktoria_Selene Interesting... so in the end, Castilla y León would actually mean "Land of castles and legion"?
@@HighExplosiveSerenade That makes sense
"Meaning Lions today are found entirely within Africa"
*Gir Forest:* Am I a joke to you?
Asiatic lions are in Gir national Park in Gujurat state of India 🇮🇳
Radha Madhab Pathi yes and there were Barbary lions in Italy til 19th century
@NEGUS MBARKA wtf is an afru ikan? And btw, asiatic lions are a separate subspecies of lions .
@NEGUS MBARKA they are not migrated anything. They are native to India. We did not hunt everyone of them.
Most lions who are depicted on European monuments are Barbary lions who used to live on north Africa.
At 1:00 you claim that the Mycenaeans were the oldest group in Europe to show signs of an advanced civilization but I would argue that their predecessor, the Minoans, showed signs of an advanced civilization as well. They had well constructed cities including Knossos, and there is evidence of them trading oils with ancient Egypt and other civilizations around the Mediterranean. Although they may have not been the most violent people, as far as we know, they certainly had all aspects of an established civilization.
When you think about the deforestation and massive extinctions in Europe you realize how much of it is just man-made: the landscapes, how rivers flow etc.
Yep. Nothing came out of Europe but death and destruction. No lions.
Europe has been shaped by countless wars, it’s crazy that through those wars lasting empires were made and dominated the world even today
Australia used to be green before the human's came
@@chrisper94 your right but the way you phrase it, makes it seem wars are exclusive to Europe which is not true. but what is true is that Europeans are the best at fighting wars. so...... stay mad lol
@@chrisper94 Whoever you are or wherever you live: next time you take a train, drive a car, go voting, express your free opinion, enjoy modern medicine, read a novel, ... you can thank mother Europe. If you open that up to European-descended nations like the USA, you can add the internet, telephones, electric lighting and the airplane to that list.
The Lion represents the Sun and Atonism. It is related to
aristocracy, nobility, elite, and of course, power.
@VobisPacem
Like absolute Kings
@VobisPacem They also have to watch over their territory 😀 (eliminating any potential competition)
Man! Congratulations for the quality of your research in the production of your videos. I am actually delighted with the combination of a fast rhythm and the amount of data you gather to inform your viewers/audience. You got my subscription immediately!
Europeans: We don't have any lions.
Bobcats: We'll be your lions.
Bobcats (Lynx rufus) live in North America, Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx), which are considerably larger live in Europe
Here in Europe we got only Lynx and wild cats.
My cat is considered the apex predator around here.
I was under the impression that lions coexisted with cave bears and direwolves in prehistoric Europe. It’s strong in the cultural psyche
This actually me laugh out loud!!!!
Actually the Minoans are the oldest civilization in Europe not the Mycenaeans.
Ęÿūį Æßñ the Vinca culture is way older
Djomlas That’s not quite advanced enough to be a civilization, hence why is called a culture.
Ęÿūį Æßñ not in my eyes, no weapond were ever found at Vinca, they knew not of war, if that is not advanced, I don’t know what is
Ęÿūį Æßñ not in my eyes, no weapons were ever found at Vinca, they knew not of war, if that is not advanced, I don’t know what is
Cycladic civilisation was older than minoan and mycenaen! Greetings from Milos, Greece!
3:23 damn these wall paintings are just so beautiful.
There is a city in Ukraine named L'viv. it's translates as a city of lion (sorry for my bad english)
Yes. (sorry for my bad English)
your english wasnt that bad. good job, give yourself more credit.
@@MrAddictive69 😂
Fun fact it was actually a polish city but was stolen
@Czech Silesian Mapper idk about that,i just know that Lwów was a polish city.
That moment when you realize that the Heracles tales are so old that lions don't even exist in Greece anymore. Edit: And that it's a relatively modern story compared to how old humans are.
I haven't finished the video yet but that was my first thought was that Greece and much of Europe touching the Mediterranean sea had Lion populations everywhere. Glad I saw someone mention the Heracles Labor.
@@leonidasxix4200 and the fact that Lion populations in Greece were decimated as a result because young greek men wanted to emulate the labors of Heracles
Finally, someone answered my question. Thank you so much
How to find lion statues or images in Europe:
Are you in Europe? If yes then open your eyes they're everywhere
Welcome back, AP. This project scoping-out cultural artifacts is a welcome departure from scoping out word origins. How about doing one on eagles, as a follow-up? Or, how about delving into where the expression "Lion, king of beasts" comes from?
Really awesome that you featured Löwenbräu! 1:37
I think india also has a tiny asian lion population that only exists in a protected national park. And fun fact we also had lions over here in north america called the American Lion which was a subspecies of the eurasian lion but grew a little bigger and was even heavier than the smilodon :D
The American lion was actually a distinct species in it of itself that is descended from the Eurasian cave lion. So at one point, North America had two enormous lion species.
@@sonikku956 yeah my bad. I think I used sub species in the wrong context even though I know that the american lion branched off from the eurasian lion
@@Spongebrain97 It's fine though.
Besides flags, Romanian currency ("leu") and Bulgarian ("leva") means the same thing: "lion" (because of some old Dutch or Netherland money featuring a lion)
There are many comments mentioning the currencies, but yours is the only one mentioning the dutch connection. Cool!
atlaspro : today lions are found entirely in africa
asiatic lion : am i a joke to you
You forgot Ukraine! There is lion on big version of national emblem. Moreover, one of the best and the biggest cities in Ukraine - Lviv, called after lion!
orig. lwov its a polish city.
Živela Srbija so polish city, that it was established by Ukrainian King Danylo (Daniel) and named after his elder son. Lviv was conquered by Polish Casimir III almost a hundred years later.
Ah yes, good old Lemberg.
@@boyanignjatovic4175it was a part of Poland for some period of time, but it was established by a Ruthenian ruler, and is now a Ukrainian city. I agree it has a lot of historical and cultural influence from Poland, but it's really not a Polish city.
In Bulgaria the Currency is called "Lev" which is an old word for lion. Not only that in Sofia (the capital) there is a bridge called The Lion's Bridge which has 2 lion statues on each end 🇧🇬🇧🇬
Interesting. Actually the word "lev" is normal word for lion in Czech. What's your newer word for lev?
@@LucyMusic1999 The new word is Luv ya "Лъв" the u sound is pronounced like the word "uhm" but without the m
1:58 "Lions today are found entirely within Africa."
Wrong. Asiatic lions live in the Gir forests of Indian state of Gujarat. The last remaining habitat of Asiatic Lions.
Also _Panther Leo_ is not the scientific name of the African lions. It's used for both African as well as Asian lions.
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@Daniel Lucas Vlogs do we still accept the time scale of Darwinian?
Lions are native to Asia too. There are about 500-650 present in wildlife reserves.
in india
exactly! ty
Gir wildlife sanctuary
There not native they were brought there
@@joshsmith6665 Wikipedia says the African lions moved to West Asia about 118,000 years ago and are today's Asiatic lions. I think it is pretty safe to say that they're native.
There are lions in India and their population is growing
Don't tell the Chinese they'll eat them.
Its 560+ 2018 from 52 In 1947
Oratio G you have a point
There are a lot of lions in Swiss iconography as well : canton of Thurgau, a bunch of cities (Lausanne, Dompierre, Martigny, etc.) or ancient families (family de Blonay, for example). Another very interesting lion is the Lion monument of Lucerne.
There is also a point you did not mention in your documentary : lions overtook bears as king of animals in european iconography when Church associated bears with devil !
I’d like to mention a phenomenon which is a bit out-of-topic here: Lions in China.
China has no indigenous lions neither but the symbols of lion can be found commonly. So in both regions (Europe n China) the lion culture perhaps started with the emperors. After all, who wouldn’t be impressed after seeing a real lion in fight?
That’s just what I observed.
NOW do a video on the EAGLE I'm seeing everywhere on flags, even, recently, on Libya's flag. Thanks!!!
Yes please, eagle next!
Eugenia Martin yesss
Eagle is the apex predator of birds.
They are fucking awesome, badass and terrifying if you are food to them.
@@guest0046 the bald Eagles scream is fucking pathetic though
The short answer is also the Romans :)) Whatever is european will always somehow default to Rome as the answer for "why".
I'd just like to say the buffering circle on mobile full screen shots perfectly into your logo and it was very very satisfying.
2:13
Canada: * has a palm tree on flag *
Me: * thinks about marijuana *
Also me: **calls psychologist**
Once you realize the Chinese have a lot of dragon imagery but there are no dragons anywhere it starts making a lot more sense to see Lion imagery in Europe
cause of greece....
lion < leon < ΛΕΩΝ < ΣΛΕΩΝ ... means that ripps off .....
maybe from sleon ...comes also the word slaught !
:) good day
I knew the answer before I watched the video but I still enjoyed. What in Europe impressed you the most?
me too. his videos are better than any professional tv documentary
4:00 The first furry ever.
Great Video. I live in Europe and actually never thought about it. It just one of those things you see everyday and never question.
There have been Lions in Europe for ages.
Leon.
3:57 so the first werewolf was in fact a werelion? Sad they are no longer popular.
could be a werebear actually
Native lions are also found in India in the Gir National park , Gujarat
The Minoans were around before the Mycenaeans.
On the stairs leading to my old synagogue there were a pair of stone lions guarding them.
Also on the top of the Holy Ark where the Torah scrolls were kept, there was a kind of sculpture of the Twin Tablets of the 10 Commandments and there were two lions on each side holding them. Lions existed in Israel during Biblical times. The lion is the symbol of the Tribe of Judah and the Royal House of David. Aryeh meaning lion is a common Hebrew first name and last names like Ben-Gurion and Gur-Arie which are lion related are somewhat prevalent.
Ok. That means , Israel today is in the wrong place.
This question randomly popped up in my head and I typed it in the search bar! Thanks for the vid!
I live in Belgium so yeah, lions symbols are everywhere...
Do you like it ?
Here in Ukraine, there's a city named Lviv. The name basically means "the city of lion(s)"
I was wondering about this topic not long time ago, it's really nice to have a historicaly based answer, thanks.
3:58 so basically what you're saying is that furries has been around for 35.000 years since then.
There are lions in India.
For a North American example, the Grizzly Bear's range used to extend south into Mexico. California's state flag famously features a Grizzly Bear. No wild grizzlies now live in California.
1:55 Thats not right, there are still asian lions
India.
@@nadiaparamita101 they are endangered and are batley clinging on most lions are found in Africa and there are a lot more lions and different lion species in Africa that’s why there’s more India only has one which is the asiatic lion
Lions are native to India and live there today. In Persia/Iran, the last lion pride was killed off only in 1962. So, the Asian lions are forgotten in this video. Pls include. Also the lion iconography is soooo common in the Middle East and all of Asia outside China. (also the name "lion" is found in soooo many human names in Europe, no)
You have forgotten another, the most important, reason:
Christianization.
Prior to Christianization, European power animals would be native Euro animals: The Cock / Rooster (Still surviving in Gallic parts of Europe, such as France and Wallonia), the Bear and the Wolf.
The Bear and the Wolf therefore had "pagan" connotations.
the Christian church decided to replace them in European imagery with a more Biblical animal, which would be the Lion, recall also "the lion of Judah".
This is why the Lion replaced the Bear and the Wolf.
One writer who wrote extensively on this is the French writer Pastoureau, whose works have also been partially translated into English.
I live in Braunschweig which is also know as the lion city because the king apparently owned a lion.
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tja, das ist ja lustig
ich nämlich auch
In ancient times you could find lions in Europe.. Kinda strange :p
Can you imagine lions not having been hunted to extinction in europe...I mean... Where would they live if they had survived to this day? What would their prey be? I think loss of habitat would've driven them out if hunting them did'nt do the trick.
@@roddo1955, so true
@Josip Do you see any roaming around! No.
by DNA mutation analysis, cats arrived at their present form 25 million years ago and haventseen any reason to change, since, it works that well for them. by contrast, we havent been around even a million years, so cats had the world to themselves for a loooooong time before they had to meet with thelikes of us. so europe and the temperate world was open to wherever they wanted to go, and wherever there was something good to hunt, kill and eat.
Indian emblem also has 4 lions facing all the four directions. Even The photos of MOTHER INDIA has lion as her mount .
Mentions the Netherlands and shows ING
Dutchies will be like: G E K O L O N I S E E R D
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@@hetmonster2 mafkees
G E K O L O N I S E E R D D D D D
Hahahahaha goeie
Rudolph II, emperor of HRE, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia had his own lion.
Such keen observation, deserves subscribe mos def
I want to know about the history of lions in Japan, there are loads of statues of lions, outside temples etc, but they're quite unrealistic, although very cool
Probably from influence China. Remember Asian lions jad a much bigger spread before man took over.
@@KhanMann66 You reckon its from that long ago? the cultural memory of Asian lions? You think Japanese sculptors had just heard centuries-old descriptions of lions from the Chinese and thats why they look so unreal?
so fuckin cool
I guess the idea of lion iconography was imported from indian or chinese bhuddist missioners, cause during bhudda time lions were common in indian forest n buddhist scripture frequently mentions lions in their discourse
Likely imported from China who had both contact with India which does have lion's.