In the 40-year old man, the lion symbolizes courage, strength, and accomplishment — but also excitability, which must be tamed by fear of the law and of religion. One of ten carved and painted panels in “Die männlichen Lebensalter” (The Life-Cycle of Men), by Franz Maidburg, early 16th century. St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz.

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