(E nānā: Nā kiʻi holoholona)

Ua kapa ʻia ka liona ʻo ke aliʻi o ka ululāʻau a he mea hoihoi ia o ke aupuni holoholona. Ma waho aʻe o ke ao kūlohelohe, he wahi kūikawā nō hoʻi i ka moʻolelo moʻolelo e like me ka liona ʻēheu.
He nui ka moʻomeheu liona ʻēheu ma nā moʻomeheu he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ma Mesopotamia, Peresia, a me ʻAigupita. ʻO ka liona ʻēheu he mea moʻokalaleo, ʻike ʻia ma kekahi mau moʻomeheu ʻo Griffin - he mea me nā hiʻohiʻona liona a me nā ʻaeto.

Ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ia ma ka honua kiʻi i nā kiʻi pena a me nā kiʻi kiʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kiʻi liona ʻēheu, i ka palapala, a i hōʻike ʻia ma nā hae. ʻOiai ua kamaʻāina ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka hōʻailona liona, e hōʻike ana i ka wiwo ʻole, ka hanohano, ka mōʻī, ka ikaika, ka hanohano a me ka wiwo ʻole, ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe i ʻike e pili ana i ka hōʻailona liona ʻēheu.

ʻOiai he manaʻo ʻē aʻe no ka liona me nā ʻēheu i nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, ʻike nui ʻia ka liona me nā ʻēheu he griffin. Mai ka wā kahiko, ʻo ka Liona o Saint Mark he liona ʻēheu e hōʻike ana iā Saint Mark the Evangelist, kahu o Venice. ʻO ka hōʻailona o St. Mark ʻo ia ka ʻaeto liona, ʻo ia ka hōʻailona kuʻuna o Venice a ma mua no ka Repubalika o Venice.
He hōʻailona ia i kahi ʻike koke a kū hoʻokahi me ka mana. Akā, he aha ka mea e hōʻike ai ka liona, he aha ka inoa o ka liona ʻēheu, a he aha ke ʻano o ka liona ʻēheu?

(E nānā: Nā kiʻi holoholona)

He aha ka inoa o ka Liona ʻēheu?

Ma nā moʻolelo moʻolelo like ʻole, me ka Helene, he liona me nā ʻēheu - me ke kino o ka liona, ua kapa ʻia ke poʻo o ka ʻaeto a me nā ʻēheu he griffin. ʻO kēia mea ikaika ka mana o ka honua a me ka lani a pili pū me ka ikaika a me ka naʻauao. ʻO ka griffin ka mea kaulana loa a me ke kumu hoʻonaninani maikaʻi loa ma ka Middle East a me ka ʻāina Mediterranean kahiko

ʻOiai ʻaʻohe manawa i kākau ʻia no ka griffin ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona kiʻi, ua puka mai paha ia ma Levant i ke kenekulia 2 BC. Ma ka 14th century BC, ua laha keia mau mea kupanaha ma Asia Komohana a me Helene ma na pena a me na kii.
Ua hāʻawi ka liona me nā ʻēheu i nā kānaka i hōʻailona o ka nani, ka mana, a me ka ikaika. ʻO ka liona ʻēheu ma ka moʻolelo Helene e ikaika mau ana i ka kaulana.

Hōʻailona Liona ʻēheu

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka hōʻailona liona ʻēheu ma kekahi mau moʻomeheu. ʻO ka hōʻailona kaulana o ka liona ʻēheu no ka haipule kiaʻi, ka ʻeuanelio, a me Saint Mark. Hōʻike kēia hōʻailona moʻolelo i ka liona me nā ʻēheu e like me ka manu.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hōʻailona kuʻuna o Venice, ʻo ka liona ʻēheu ke ʻano o ka naʻauao, ka ʻike a me ka pahi kaua e hōʻike ana i ka hōʻailona honua o ka pono. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe manaʻo kūhelu a politika paha, he kumu kaulana a hoʻomana ka liona ʻēheu.

ʻO ka liona me nā ʻēheu ka hōʻailona o ka wahi mākaʻikaʻi kaulana ʻo ia ke kūlanakauhale lagoon o Venice, o ka Repubalika Serenissima kahiko, o ke kaona, o ka panalāʻau, a me ka ʻāina Veneto o Italia. He ʻāpana hoʻi ia o ka ʻaʻahu o ka Navy Italia.
Eia kekahi, ua pālahalaha ʻia kēia liona me nā ʻēheu i nā pā a me nā hale mōʻaukala o nā kūlanakauhale a pau i hoʻomalu ʻia e ka Repubalika Serenissima. Aia nō ka liona me nā ʻēheu ma nā hōʻailona Venetian o ka hoʻohana kīwila, pūʻali koa, a me ka hoʻomana, ma nā hae a me nā ʻāpana kālā.

Nui nā kiʻi kaulana o ka liona ʻēheu ma ka mōʻaukala a puni ka honua. Hiki ke loaʻa ma ka palapala, ma nā kiʻi liona ʻēheu, liona griffin me nā ʻēheu a pēlā aku. E heluhelu no ka ʻike hou aʻe e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻēheu liona moʻolelo

Ka Liona Eheu o Venise

(E nānā: Nā kiʻi holoholona)

ʻO ka liona ʻēheu o Venice kekahi o nā liona mele kaulana loa me nā ʻēheu i ka mōʻaukala kanaka. ʻO ia ka hōʻailona o St. Mark, ka Euanelio, he Aposetole nō hoʻi. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Saint Mark ʻo ia ke kahu kiaʻi o Venice ma hope o ka ʻaihue ʻia ʻana o kona kino mai ka lua kupapaʻu ma Alexandria, ʻAigupita.
He hōʻailona o St. Mark, ʻo ka Liona o Venice he kiʻi liona keleawe kahiko ma ka Piazza San Marco ma Venice, Italia. Aia ke kiʻi kiʻi ma luna o kekahi o nā kolamu pōhaku nui ʻelua ma ka Square, kahi e lawe ai i nā hōʻailona kahiko o nā haipule kahu ʻelua o ke kūlanakauhale.

ʻO kēia kiʻi liona ʻēheu he hui ʻia o nā ʻāpana keleawe like ʻole i hana ʻia i nā manawa like ʻole. Ua hana nui ʻia ka hoʻihoʻi a me ka hana hoʻoponopono i nā manawa he nui i ka mōʻaukala. Wahi a ka poʻe kākau moʻolelo, ʻokoʻa loa ke kiʻi kumu mai ke kiʻi o kēia manawa. Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui ma mua o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano, ʻaʻohe pilina o ka liona me Saint Mark.

Ka Griffin

(E nānā: Nā kiʻi holoholona)

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Griffin he hōʻailona Karistiano no nā manaʻo o ka Ekalesia ma nā hale o ka male. He hōʻailona hoʻi ia iā Iesu Kristo i kekahi manawa o ka mōʻaukala. ʻO ka Griffin kahi mea moʻokalaleo me ke kino, ka huelo a me nā wāwae hope o ka liona, ua morphed me ke poʻo a me nā ʻēheu o ka ʻaeto; i kekahi manawa, hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia me nā ʻaeto i kona mau wāwae mua.
Nui nā manaʻo hōʻailona Griffin, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻailona ai i ka mana, aliʻi a me ke koa.

Akā he aha ke ʻano o ka Griffin? ʻAe, ma ka Middle Ages, ua manaʻo ʻia ka hōʻailona o ka ʻaeto me ke kino liona he mea hanohano a mana. He mea maʻalahi ke kumu: ua manaʻo ʻia ka liona ʻo ke aliʻi o ka ʻāina a ʻo ka ʻaeto ke aliʻi o ka lewa, e hoʻolilo ana i ka Griffin i mea nui a hoʻoweliweli.

ʻO ka Griffin kekahi o nā moʻolelo mele kaulana loa o ka Helene kahiko. ʻO ka hōʻailona liona Roma me nā ʻēheu i pili pū me ke akua lā ʻo Apollo, ʻoiai ua ikaika loa ia e like me ka lā a pono e makaʻu a mahalo. Ma kekahi mau kikokikona Helene a me Roma, ua hoʻopili ʻia nā griffins me nā waihona gula ma Central Asia.

Ka Liona Eheu o Lamassu

(E nānā: Nā kiʻi holoholona)

Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka hōʻailona o Lamassu ma ke ʻano he akua wahine i ka wā Sumerian a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Lamma. Eia naʻe, i ka wā o ʻAsuria, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hui kanaka a me ka manu me ka bipi a me ka liona. He kino bipi a he liona ʻēheu paha kona kino, a he mau ʻēheu manu a ua kapa ʻia ʻo Lamassu. Ma kekahi palapala, pili ka hoailona me ke akua wahine.

He hōʻailona ia i ka naʻauao a me ka mana. Hoʻopili ʻia nā ʻēheu ʻaeto me ke akua lā nāna e hoʻomalu a hoʻonui i nā hiʻohiʻona o ka liona, ʻoiai ʻo ke poʻo kanaka ke hōʻike nei i ka naʻauao o ka mea ʻēheu liona. He ʻuhane ko ka liona me nā ʻēheu a pili pū me nā akua a me nā akua wahine ma nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole.