A Wisdom Archive on Cattle

The principles of bull riding are quite simple. A rider mounts a bull gripping a leather rope, and after he fastens the rope the rider announces he is ready. The bucking chute (a small enclosement which opens at the front) is opened and the bull storms out. The following few seconds are vital, the rider must attempt to stay on the bull for as long as he can while only touching the bull with one hand. His other hand must ...

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As a major component of rodeo, bull riding is generally thought to have originated during 1864. Two groups of cowboys from neighbouring ranches met in Deer Trail, Colorado. The meeting was arranged to settle a dispute over which group was best at general ranch tasks. From this simple competition, rodeo was born. Of course, since then the sports have much evolved, the showmanship and highly competitive ...

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Treating cults according to their meaning, which is not necessarily identical with the cause which first led to the deification of the animal in question, we can classify them under ten specific heads: Animal worship - Pastoral cults. The pastoral type falls into two sub-types, in which the species is spared and sometimes receives special honour at intervals in the person of an individual. (See Cattle, Buffalo, below.)< ...

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Animal worship - Bear. The bear enjoys a large measure of respect from all cultures that come in contact with it, which shows itself in apologies and in festivals in its honour. The most notable ceremonies involving bears are found in East Asia. The traditional Ainu ceremony called Iomante, Kamui Omante or Kumamatsuri is considered the only surviving bear cult. A young bear is caught at the end of Winter and fed for some nine months. After receiving honours it is ritually killed and feasted u ...

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CúChullain: (koo-khullin) - The great epic hero of old Ulster stories such as the "Cattle Raid of Cooley." He was the incarnation or manifestation of the Celtic high god of Lugus (Lugh or Llew).

 
(See also: CúChullain, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca )

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Fehu: The first rune of the Elder Futhark, representing the letter F.
 
To the Northern Europeans, this rune meant cattle. In archaic times, cattle were the measure of a man's worth.

 
(See also: Fehu, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca )

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GRUGACH: Can appear as a fair lady dressed in green, a slender male dressed in red or green, or a small, naked hairy imp-like creature. They will do Brownie type labor or guard cattle if you offer them milk.

 
(See also: GRUGACH, Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary )

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