Le Taureau. Une histoire culturelle. Catalogue accompanied by a common bibliography

accompanied by a common bibliography

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Documents and works published under the direction of Jean Przyluski

Patricia Glave

Le Taureau. Une histoire culturelle. Catalogue accompanied by a common bibliographyDomesticated 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