Holy Cow & Sacred Bull - The Rise and Fall of the Bovine

Why do some religions worship cows? Why do we still perform bovine sacrifice in Europe? This is an introduction into how the bovine took up such a postion in our cultures. If you want to hear specific stories about the bovine then let me know in the comments.

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📚 References
Lincoln, Bruce. 1975. The Indo-European Myth of Creation. History of Religons.
Lincoln, Bruce. 1976 . The Indo-European Cattle-Raiding Myth. History of Religions.
Lincoln, Bruce. 1997. Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology. Journal of the American Oriental Society
Pahlavi kirrēnīdan: Traces of Iranian Creation Mythology Author(s): Bruce Lincoln
The Meaning of Sacrifice Among the Nuer Author(s): E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Desmonde, William. 1952. The Bull-Fight as a Religious Ritual
Ford, Richard. 1861. Gatherings from Spain.

📑 Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:55 The Bullfight
6:55 Mithras
9:10 Vikings
14:19 Hinduism
17:10 The Cattle Raid
22:07 The Bible
24:17 And into Africa...
28:30 A Gift from the Gods?
31:06 The Near East
33:31 The Sun God
34:58 The Oldest Images
37:40 Why is the bovine sacred?