Apedemak

Under the lion's shadow. Iconographic evidence of Apedemak in the Meroitic Royal District at Napata

The lion is one of the most widespread and evergreen symbols of the Egyptian kingship; the lion-king motif recurs in traditional iconography and in royal inscriptions as an attribute of power, domination, strength. At the same time, the lion gods are characterized by ambivalent value and invested with destructive as well as protective potentiality.

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