Le Taureau. Une histoire culturelle. Catalogue Charles-Wesley Hourdé (an independent expert

Charles-Wesley Hourdé (an independent expert and researcher)

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Le Taureau. Une histoire culturelle. Catalogue Charles-Wesley Hourdé (an independent expertDomesticated seven or eight millennia before our era, the bull remained the wildest of domestic animals. It exudes an impression of power, vitality, and fertility, which made it a god for many ancient peoples. Early Christianity waged war against the cults that were held against it and substituted the ox, a peaceful, tranquil, and hardworking animal. Hence a certain eclipse of the bull in European culture for several centuries: it was then limited to