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The lion is a common charge in heraldry. It traditionally symbolises bravery, valour, strength, and royalty, because historically it has been regarded as the king of beasts. ==Attitudes== As many ''attitudes'' (positions) now exist in heraldry as the heraldist's imagination can conjure, as a result of the ever-increasing need for differentiation, but very few of these were apparently known to medieval heralds.〔Fox-Davies (1909), p. 172.〕 One distinction commonly made (especially among French heralds), although it may be of limited importance, is the distinction of lions in the walking positions as ''leopards''.〔 The following table summarizes the principal attitudes of heraldic lions: Other terms are used to describe the lion's position in further detail. It should be noted that each coat of arms has a right and left (i.e. ''dexter'' and ''sinister'') side - ''with respect to the person carrying the shield'' - so the left side of the shield as drawn on the page (thus the right side to the shield bearer) is called the dexter side. The lion's head is normally seen in agreement with the overall position, facing dexter (left) unless otherwise stated. If a lion's ''whole body'' is turned to face right, he is ''to sinister'' or ''contourné''. If his ''whole body'' faces the viewer, he is ''affronté''. If his ''head only'' faces the viewer he is ''guardant'' or ''gardant'', and if he looks back over his shoulder he is ''regardant''. These adjectives follow any other adjectives of position. A lion (or other beast) ''coward'' carries the tail between its hind legs.〔Fox-Davies (1909), p. 180.〕 The tail also may be knotted (''nowed''), forked (''queue fourchée'') or doubled (''double-queued''); as in the arms of the kingdom of Bohemia. File:Lion Rampant Guardant.svg|Lion guardant File:Lion Rampant Regaurdant.svg|Lion regardant File:Lion Coward.svg|Lion coward File:Lion Rampant queue fourche.svg|Lion with forked tail File:Lion Rampant queue saltire.svg|Lion with crossed tail File:Lion Rampant queue saltire (reverse).svg|Lion with crossed tail (reverse) File:Lion Rampant tail nowed.svg|Lion with tail nowed 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lion (heraldry)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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