Many hundred years ago, a fishing village named ‘Temasek’ was discovered by the prince of Palembang, Sang Nila Utama. He was hunting on the island when he spotted a fine-looking creature, which had the body of a lion and the tail of a fish. He gave chase but the red-breasted creature disappeared up a hill. The prince asked some locals about the creature and they shared that this creature was known as the guardian of Temasek, Merlion. The red-breasted creature had a glorious yellow mane and was known to save drowning victims in the choppy sea. The prince was thankful and later decided to develop the island into a city, thereby naming it “Singapura”, which loosely translates to “Lion City”, as an homage to the mythical creature that saved him
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