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===Cultural significance===
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{{further information|Tiger worship}}
[[File:Bronze Tiger Tally "Jie" with Gold Inlay from Tomb of Zhao Mo.jpg|thumb|right|Tiger-shaped ''jie'' (badge of authority) with gold inlays, from the tomb of [[Zhao Mo]]|alt=Badge of black tiger with golden stripes]]
The tiger is among the most famous of the [[charismatic megafauna]]. [[Kailash Sankhala]] has called it "a rare combination of courage, ferocity and brilliant colour",<ref name=Sankhala/> while Candy d'Sa calls it "fierce and commanding on the outside, but noble and discerning on the inside". In a 2004 online poll involving more than 50,000 people from 73 countries, the tiger was voted the world's favourite animal with 21% of the vote, narrowly beating the dog.<ref>{{cite news |date=2004 |title=Endangered tiger earns its stripes as the world's most popular beast |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041206/ai_n12814678 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080120222416/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041206/ai_n12814678|url-status=dead |archive-date=20 January 2008|work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> Similarly, a 2018 study found the tiger to be the most popular wild animal based on surveys, as well as appearances on websites of major zoos and posters of some animated movies.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Albert |first1=C. |name-list-style=amp|last2=Luque |first2=G. M.|last3=Courchamp|first3=F. |year=2018|title=The twenty most charismatic species |journal=PLOS ONE |volume=13|issue=7|page=e0199149|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0199149|doi-access=free |pmid=29985962 |pmc=6037359|bibcode=2018PLoSO..1399149A}}</ref>

While the lion represented royalty and power in [[Western culture]], the tiger played such a role in various [[Culture of Asia|Asian cultures]]. In [[ancient China]], the tiger was seen as the "king of the forest" and symbolised the power of the [[Emperor of China|emperor]].<ref name=Symbolism>{{cite book |first=H. B. |last=Werness |year=2007 |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in World Art |publisher=Continuum |place=New York |pages=402–404|isbn=978-0826419132}}</ref> In [[Chinese astrology]], the tiger is the third out of 12 symbols in the [[Chinese zodiac]] and controls the period between 15:00 and 17:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The [[Tiger (zodiac)|Year of the Tiger]] is thought to bring "dramatic and extreme events". The [[White Tiger (mythology)|White Tiger]] is one of the [[Four Symbols]] of the [[Chinese constellations]], representing the west along with the [[Yin and yang|yin]] and the season of autumn. It is the counterpart to the [[Azure Dragon]], which conversely symbolises the east, yang and springtime.{{sfn|Green|2006|pp=39, 46}} The tiger is one of the animals displayed on the [[Pashupati seal]] of the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]]. The big cat was depicted on seals and coins during the [[Chola dynasty]] of southern India, as it was the official emblem.<ref>Thapar, R. "In Times Past" in {{harvnb|Thapar|2004|pp=156, 164}}</ref>
[[File:Durga Mahisasuramardini.JPG|thumb|upright|left|The Hindu goddess [[Durga]] riding a tiger. [[Guler State|Guler]] school, early 18th century|alt=Painting of an eight-armed goddess riding a tiger biting a buffalo demon]]
Tigers have had religious and folkloric significance. In [[Buddhism]], the tiger, monkey and deer are the Three Senseless Creatures, with the tiger symbolising anger.<ref name=Cooper92>{{cite book |last=Cooper |first=J. C. |title=Symbolic and Mythological Animals |pages=227 |year=1992 |publisher=Aquarian Press |location=London |isbn=978-1-85538-118-6}}</ref> In [[Hinduism]], the tiger is the [[Vahana|vehicle]] of [[Durga]], the goddess of feminine power and peace, whom the gods created to fight demons. Similarly, in the [[Greco-Roman world]], the tiger was depicted being ridden by the god [[Dionysus]]. In [[Korean mythology]], tigers are messengers of the [[Mountain God]]s.{{sfn|Green|2006|pp=60, 86–88, 96}} In both [[Chinese culture|Chinese]] and [[Korean culture]], tigers are seen as protectors against evil spirits and their image was used to decorate homes, tombs and articles of clothing.<ref name=Symbolism/>{{sfn|Green|2006|p=96}}{{sfn|Thapar|2004|p=152}} In the folklore of Malaysia and Indonesia, "tiger [[shaman]]s" heal the sick by invoking the big cat. People turning into tigers and the inverse has also been widespread; in particular [[Werecat#Asia|weretigers]] are people who could change into tigers and back again. The [[Mnong people]] of Indochina believed that tigers could [[shapeshift]] into humans.{{sfn|Thapar|2004|p=152}} Among some [[indigenous peoples of Siberia]], it was believed that men would seduce women by transforming into tigers.<ref name=Symbolism/>

[[William Blake]]'s 1794 poem "[[The Tyger]]" portrays the animal as the duality of beauty and ferocity. It is the sister poem to "[[The Lamb (poem)|The Lamb]]" in Blake's ''[[Songs of Innocence and of Experience]]'' and he ponders how God could create such different creatures. The tiger is featured in the mediaeval Chinese novel ''[[Water Margin]]'', where the cat battles and is slain by the bandit [[Wu Song]], while the tiger [[Shere Khan]] in [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s ''[[The Jungle Book]]'' (1894) is the mortal enemy of the human protagonist [[Mowgli]]. Friendly tame tigers have also existed in culture, notably [[Tigger]], the [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] character and [[Tony the Tiger]], the [[Kellogg's]] cereal mascot.{{sfn|Green|2006|pp=72–73, 78, 125–127, 147–148}}
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