Sacred bull
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Cattle are prominent in some religions and mythologies. As such, numerous peoples throughout the world have at one point in time honored bulls as sacred. In the Sumerian religion, Marduk is the "bull
The Procession of the Bull Apis by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, oil on canvas, 1879
17,500-year-old cave paintings in Lascaux, France
Human-headed winged bulls from Sargon II's palace in Dur-Sharrukin, modern Khorsabad (Louvre)
Stele dedicated to an Apis, dating to Year 21 of Psamtik I (c. 644 BCE)
Apis (deity)
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In ancient Egyptian religion, Apis or Hapis, alternatively spelled Hapi-ankh, was a sacred bull or multiple sacred bulls worshiped in the Memphis region, identified as the son of Hathor, a primary dei
Sacred bull
…lifetime, then embalmed and buried. The mother-cows of these animals were also revered, and buried in separate locations. In the Memphite region, the Apis was seen as the embodiment of Ptah and later of Osiris. Some of the Apis bulls were buried in large sarcophagi in the underground vaults of the Serapeum…
Pharaoh statuette with the Apis bull (British Museum)
Api or Hapi (Apis, Taureau Consacré a la Lune), N372.2, Brooklyn Museum