Greek mythology
Nemean Lion
The lion whose golden hide no weapon could pierce
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- Heracles
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The Nemean Lion is a monstrous beast, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, whose tawny hide is impervious to iron, bronze, and stone. As his first Labor, Heracles finds his arrows and club useless against it, so he corners the lion in its cave and strangles it with his bare hands. He then skins it with its own razor claws and wears the invulnerable pelt as armor ever after.
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Heracles
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- Who is Nemean Lion?
- The Nemean Lion is a monstrous beast, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, whose tawny hide is impervious to iron, bronze, and stone. As his first Labor, Heracles finds his arrows and club useless against it, so he corners the lion in its cave and strangles it with his bare hands.
- Which mythology does Nemean Lion belong to?
- Nemean Lion belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Nemean Lion appear in?
- Nemean Lion appears in Heracles, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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