going, protecting children from predators, allow someone to spend so much time away from those tasks? She replied that it was about ... a relationship to things unseen, to the vital forces of nature, that you need to perhaps propitiate, perhaps connect to, in order to ensure your successful life. See also General stone age art topics Art of the Upper Paleolithic List of Stone Age art Prehistoric art Examples of zoomorphic stone age art Bird-man from Lascaux Bird-horse-man from Hornos de la Peña Vogelherd figurines Venus of Hohle Fels Related ancient history lion-headed figures Arimanius – obscure lion-headed god in Mithraism Bastet – cat-headed goddess in Ancient Egypt (originally lion-headed) Sekhmet – lion-headed war goddess in Ancient Egypt Narasimha - lion-headed Hindu god, an avatar of Vishnu. Notes References Further reading museum edition: External links — museum official Lion-Man website with information about the figurine — materials and photos of the figurine — showing the manufacture of a replica using authentic tools, in German with English subtitles Archaeology of Germany Archaeological discoveries in Germany Prehistoric sculpture Figurines Anthropomorphic animals Prehistoric art Art of the Upper Paleolithic Sculptures of lions Swabian Jura European archaeology 1939 archaeological discoveries Ivory works of art