This is a very rare position for a lion, but is also used of other heraldic beasts.
Sometimes the footrest was an heraldic beast from the deceased's family coat of arms.
A unicorn is a mythical and heraldic beast which looks like a horse with a horn between its ears.
Some spoke of other fancies or of heraldic beasts of legend.
The heraldic beast of Bern is the Bear.
The yale is among the heraldic beasts used by the British Royal Family.
It was then Bill realized that he was supposed to slay the heraldic beast.
Above the windows is a carved beam and over this are ten arched panels which contain carvings of heraldic beasts.
It contains a pond surrounded by statues of four heraldic beasts which were originally on the roof of the house.
The heraldic beast was already a cross between an eagle and a lion!