For example, there are lions on the coat of arms of Britain or Norway, but there are no lions there.
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This made me curious so I looked it up. Found an article where a bunch of historians argued about how it started but then I found this [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/ijcMMrwWF5) that explains it well but the basic TLDR/ELi5 is lions were known by Greeks and Romans so they used them for their games and started incorporating them into their art, statues, etc. as a symbol of strength and courage and also cause they are badass (my words) so when British royalty became aware of lions existence years later and saw how badass they are (again my words) from the art statues and such, they adopted it into their royal crests and whatever else as a symbol of courage, strength, leadership etc. Not the best explanation it’s a cool thing though, id read the Reddit post I linked.
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