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6) The Cow and her Cult
(translated by Bence)
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The Cow and her Cult
For a long time, mankind has changed living area as nomads, even
later, when it started keeping animals, it limited itself to livestock which
did not affect its mobility too much, and which had rather modest needs
(Animals which didn’t need a stable and not too much water). Naturally, these
animals brought neither too much milk nor too much meat. This was the goat.
About 4-5000 years ago an economic revolution took place. Mankind made cattle
a domestic animal. It demanded higher needs, needing a stable, along with
always green grass and fresh water. But the combination of high quantities of
fresh meat and milk, as well as agricultural planting made it possible for
mankind to settle down. The importance of cattle as a domestic animal was so
great to mankind that it worshipped it like a deity. This phenomenon can be
recognized in many different cultures around the world. Starting with the
ancient Egyptians, who prayed to a black bull and the Jewish people, who
worshipped Baal, the golden calf while Moses received the Ten Commandments of
God on Mount Sinai, through Hinduism in India, where the cattle may not be
killed till this day, to Spain, where we find the last remnants of this
culture in bullfighting. Bullfighting is especially interesting. It is easy
to reconstruct its model. Probably 10-20 families lived in a settlement,
keeping a herd of 50 cows and 2-3 bulls. Each year, there were 10 newborn
calves, according to the Equilibrium Law of Nature (we know this since
Darwin), only 3-4 animals were male. But a larger number of young male
animals would've disturbed the harmony of the herd by the continuous struggle
for domination. It was necessary to eliminate this aggressive factor and kill
some of the male animals, creating a festival connected to the cult. When a
youth wanted to be included into the group of grownups, he had to prove that
he was ready. He had to kill a year-old bull with a knife or a lance,
probably at 13-14 years of age. Later, it developed from an honorable
tradition popular in ancient Rome, being the Toreador's job sharply
criticized by humanists and animal rights activists today.
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Friday, 9 March 2018
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