Why are lions so popular in European heraldry if they don’t live in Europe?

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For example, there are lions on the coat of arms of Britain or Norway, but there are no lions there.

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I’ve seen a few medieval paintings of animals made by someone who obviously never saw one of those in person. It was basically described to them.

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