Standard throne behavior to have lion heads and feets: symbolizes the Solomonic Seat of Wisdom and usually appears under the BVM. No lions were harmed. Or seen.
‘I used to come over here quite often to look at her books,’ Magrat confessed. ‘And . . . and she liked to cook foreign food and no-one else round here would eat it, so I’d come up to keep her company.’
Real classic "you were trying to teach a negative lesson but you made the mistake of making the bad guy we're not supposed to like too damned cool" going on here
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‘Ah-ha! Curryin’ favour!’ snapped Granny.
— Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett.