This design belongs to the Maori style series dedicated to the elements, represented through the animals that live in them.
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Lion has been associated in time both to negative and positive meanings and it´s strongly related to the sun. The traits that characterize the lion and that more often are associated to it are strength, fierceness and courage.
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