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The Crommyonian Sow (Ancient Greek: Ὕς Κρομμύων Hus Krommúōn) is a pig in Greek mythology. It was owned by a woman named Phaea (Φαιά Phaiā́, "grey") and was sometimes called by that name itself.
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Moccus has been connected with pigs and boars on the basis of this theonym, which has been assumed to derive from a reconstructed Gaulish root word moccos, meaning pig or wild boar. [6] This word is not otherwise attested except in personal names, such as Moccius , Moccia , Mocus , Mocconius , Cato-mocus (literally, war-pig, along similar lines ...
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
[40] [41] The ancient Greeks had numerous stories of people being rescued by dolphins. Arion, a Greek musician, and Dionysus, a Greek god both had such stories told about them. [42] The Romans called dolphins porcus piscus, which translates to pig-fish. [43] During the reign of Septimius Severus, a whale was stranded on the Tiber River. The ...
In Abrahamic mythology and Zoroastrianism mythology, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as messengers between God and humans. Bat – An Egyptian goddess with the horns and ears of a cow. Cernunnos – An ancient Gaulish/Celtic God with the antlers of a deer. Fairy – A humanoid with insect-like wings.
In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian boar (Greek: ὁ Ἐρυμάνθιος κάπρος; Latin: aper Erymanthius) was a mythical creature that took the form of a "shaggy and wild" [1] "tameless" [2] "boar" [3] "of vast weight" [4] "and foaming jaws". [2]
[1] Pigs have been found at almost every archaeological site in Roman Italy; they are described by Roman agricultural writers such as Cato and Varro, and in Pliny the Elder's Natural History. MacKinnon notes that ancient breeds of pig can be seen on monuments such as the Arch of Constantine, which portrays a lop-eared, fat-bellied, and smooth ...