"This is the deus leontocephalus, that is, Aion, meaning infinitely long time, the god of time who combines the opposites. This is an old Persian image. In the north, the bear appears instead of the lion. Originally these probably were animal masks. In antiquity, in the Mithras cult one even went so far as to imitate the voices of animals."

- ~Carl Jung, Children’s Dreams Seminar, Page 64