Ibn Khalawayh (a Persian scholar of Arabic and the Koran) noticed that the Arabs had a thing for the lion. He wrote: “In all the speech of the Arabs and all the books of Arabic philology put together, there are no names for the lion besides what I have written for you, number roughly five hundred names and epithets.“ A selected list includes:
- The Crusher
- The Domineering
- Who Snaps the Neck of His Prey
- Whose Eyes Are Bloodshot
- The Scowler
- Who Crushes What He Devours
- Whose Food Has Bones in It
- The Eating Machine
- The Bone Splitter
- Whose Prey Is Turned Inside Out
- Who Goes Straight For The Head
- Who Looks for Trouble in the Night
- The Wayfarer
