Winged Lions - Las Vegas, NV - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

These winged lions are set atop columns near the Brahman shrine in front of Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
Wikipedia's article on winged lions (visit link) informs us:

"The winged lion is a mythological creature that resembles a lion with wings. Winged Lions are sometimes referred to as Griffins, but a Griffin has a bird or eagle's head.

Mythical adaptions

The winged lion is found in various forms especially in Ancient and Medieval civilizations.
There were different mythological adaptions for the winged lion:
Shedu in Sumerian, Akkadian, Persian, and Iranian tribes mythology was depicted as a winged lion. He has often been depicted with a bull body instead of a lion body.
The winged lion was the heraldic symbol of Mark the Evangelist.
The first beast in the first vision of the Prophet Daniel resembled a winged lion.

Emblems

The emblems of the winged lions were featured in different countries:
The emblem of the Republic of Venice as the heraldic symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the Republic.
The Lion of Venice is an ancient bronze sculpture of a winged lion that is located in the Piazzetta di San Marco, Venice
The flag of the short-lived Septinsular Republic, derived from the above (Ionian Islands under Venetian rule), has a winged lion on it
The logo of Assicurazioni Generali which has a winged lion on it was derived from the above."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 1000 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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