In the history of mankind, bovine-based cults are innumerable. Some examples: Akkad, Assyria, Babylon, Buddhism, Celts, Chinese folk religion, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Hinduism, Indonesia, Irish mythology, ancient Israel, Jainism, ancient Japan, Neolithic African cults, Norse mythology, ancient Nubia, Orthodox Greece, Paleolithic France, ancient Rome, Saudi Arabia, Sumeria, Visigoths, Zoroastrianism. Naturally, among the cited examples of cults there are some contemporary religions, and a pair of them are very largely followed. About sacred cows, these are the reasons of sacrality: abundance, coincidence of the spirit of the cow with the soul of the Earth, connection to nature, divine and natural beneficence, gentleness, source of nurturing, symbol of prosperity and/or of economic value. About sacred bulls, these are the reasons of sacrality: divine fierceness, fertility, strength, symbol of sensual love with females. Today, the sacred cow idiomatically represents something immune from criticism. Various gods have had the aspect of a bull, although various cults and cultures include sacrificial bulls.
An Italian intellectual of the 19th century, named Giosué Carducci, wrote two influential pieces of poetry. The first is “Hymn to Satan” (1863), and the second is “The Holy Ox” (1872). The “Hymn to Satan” was written under the pseudonym of Enotrio Romano, and is a strong attack to a part of mainstream culture. The poet polemically affirms that Satan is the entity who makes jobs fruitful, gifts richness with nobility, inspires artists, and gives wine the power of inebriation. According to my readings, the “Hymn to Satan” is regularly read at masonic lodges. The ode to the “Holy Ox” is a declaration of ideal love towards oxen, because of their sweet and calm energy. You need to know that Giosué Carducci has always had an excellent reputation, and, during the lifetime, has been considered a cultural VIP, even if, by reading his works, you can easily notice a lot of contradictions, and frequent changes of mind. Well, I think I can say that Carducci is one of the best prototypes of the typical, mainstream Italian intellectual, not particularly mentally stable, and with scarce equilibrium of thought. What can it keep together Satan and holy oxen? A solid kind of materialism, not far from that of Marxism. Accordingly, God is not a transcendent ruler of the universe, but something seeable into certain, favorable elements of reality, such as the usefulness of bovines.
In conclusion, materialist philosophies are not necessarily irreligious. Differently, religions can be immanent, and driven by superstitious feelings. From similar points of view, there’s not a big difference between Satan and divine bovines. For that, the mini-mix of the page is dedicated to the sacrality of cows and bulls.
File name is “Max Look’s mini-mix, divine cows and bulls (May 2026)”, 21’ of popular songs dedicated to bovines.
Cows and bulls, the playlist:
Grover Washington Jr. - taurian matador
Fila Brazilia - bovine funk
Foo Fighters - for all the cows (live 8-26-1995)
Renato Carosone - torero
Chaz Jankel - ahi no corrida 85
Quincy Jones - ahi no corrida
Mike Theodore Orchestra - the bull
Piero Pelù - toro loco (LP version)
Invidia - plaza de toros (Espana club version)
Buckshot LeFonque - some cow Fonque (more tea Vicar?)
Tom Rush - milk cow blues
Chico Hamilton - el toro
Inspiral Carpets - theme from Cow
Subterraneans feat Mardou Fox & Jonzi - taurus woman
Subterraneans - taurus women
