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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the old king of the animal was the Bear (he was called king of the forest) but because it was popular as a symbol with the pagans of north Europe it became a negative symbol after Christianity came (this why in a lot of middle age legends about a saints kill or taming a bear) the new animal that because the symbol for kingship and got was a lions

also we know that lions were already known as you you can hear a but them n Greek legends (like Hercules )

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