After slaying the lion, he tried to skin it with a knife from his belt, but failed. Others say that he shot arrows at it, eventually shooting it in the unarmored mouth. During the fight the lion bit off one of his fingers. In those dark and close quarters, Heracles stunned the beast with his club and, using his immense strength, strangled it to death. The cave had two entrances, one of which Heracles blocked he then entered the other. After some time, Heracles made the lion return to his cave. When he found and shot the lion, firing at it with his bow, Heracles discovered the fur's protective property as the arrow bounced harmlessly off the creature's thigh. While searching for the lion, Heracles fletched some arrows to use against it, not knowing that its golden fur was impenetrable. If he did not return within 30 days, it would be sacrificed to the dead Heracles as a mourning offering. Another version claims that he met Molorchos, a shepherd who had lost his son to the lion, saying that if he came back within 30 days, a ram would be sacrificed to Zeus. There he met a boy who said that if Heracles slew the Nemean lion and returned alive within 30 days, the town would sacrifice a lion to Zeus, but if he did not return within 30 days or if he died, the boy would sacrifice himself to Zeus. Heracles wandered in the area until he came to the town of Cleonae. Heracles with the head of the Nemean lion
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